From: Gustavo Luiz Duarte <gustavold@gmail.com>
To: Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>,
Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@lunn.ch>,
"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>,
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>,
Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>, Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Gustavo Luiz Duarte <gustavold@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH net-next v2 3/6] netconsole: reject enabling a target with no remote IP address
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2026 17:47:27 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260810-netcons_ipv6-v2-3-3d4fc987a90f@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260810-netcons_ipv6-v2-0-3d4fc987a90f@gmail.com>
The command-line path already requires a remote address, but if a user
creates a dynamic target and enables it without setting a remote
address, we currently try sending netconsole traffic to "0.0.0.0".
Refuse to enable a target if the remote address is unset.
Signed-off-by: Gustavo Luiz Duarte <gustavold@gmail.com>
---
drivers/net/netconsole.c | 5 +++++
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/net/netconsole.c b/drivers/net/netconsole.c
index 070bae7b4fd7..7fcdff53b3a4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/netconsole.c
+++ b/drivers/net/netconsole.c
@@ -470,6 +470,11 @@ static int netcons_netpoll_setup(struct netconsole_target *nt)
bool ip_overwritten = false;
int err;
+ if (nt->remote_ip.family == AF_UNSPEC) {
+ np_err(np, "remote IP address not configured, aborting\n");
+ return -EDESTADDRREQ;
+ }
+
rtnl_lock();
if (np->dev_name[0])
ndev = __dev_get_by_name(net, np->dev_name);
--
2.55.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-10 16:47 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-10 16:47 [PATCH net-next v2 0/6] netconsole: validate a target's IP address configuration Gustavo Luiz Duarte
2026-08-10 16:47 ` [PATCH net-next v2 1/6] netconsole: add an address family to struct inet_addr Gustavo Luiz Duarte
2026-08-11 13:11 ` Breno Leitao
2026-08-10 16:47 ` [PATCH net-next v2 2/6] netconsole: use the address family instead of the ipv6 flag Gustavo Luiz Duarte
2026-08-11 13:14 ` Breno Leitao
2026-08-10 16:47 ` Gustavo Luiz Duarte [this message]
2026-08-11 13:16 ` [PATCH net-next v2 3/6] netconsole: reject enabling a target with no remote IP address Breno Leitao
2026-08-10 16:47 ` [PATCH net-next v2 4/6] netconsole: reject a target mixing IPv4 and IPv6 addresses Gustavo Luiz Duarte
2026-08-11 13:20 ` Breno Leitao
2026-08-10 16:47 ` [PATCH net-next v2 5/6] netconsole: show empty string for an unset IP address Gustavo Luiz Duarte
2026-08-11 13:21 ` Breno Leitao
2026-08-10 16:47 ` [PATCH net-next v2 6/6] netconsole: move struct inet_addr into netconsole.c Gustavo Luiz Duarte
2026-08-11 13:21 ` Breno Leitao
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