From: Oliver Hartkopp <socketcan@hartkopp.net>
To: linux-can@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Oliver Hartkopp <socketcan@hartkopp.net>,
stable@kernel.org, Oleksij Rempel <o.rempel@pengutronix.de>
Subject: [PATCH v2 2/3] can: convert unreliable ARPHRD_CAN type checks to robust can_get_ml_priv()
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2026 19:31:04 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260928173105.51765-3-socketcan@hartkopp.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260928173105.51765-1-socketcan@hartkopp.net>
Commit 4e096a18867a ("net: introduce CAN specific pointer in the struct
net_device") introduced an explicit way to assign the midlayer private
pointer (dev->ml_priv) to named users like ML_PRIV_CAN.
With this extension the CAN device specific ml_priv assignment became a
robust indicator to identify a valid CAN device, when can_get_ml_priv()
returns a valid pointer.
This has been used directly by the referenced commit in the CAN specific
j1939 and proc code but not in the other parts of the CAN subsystem.
With the TUN/TAP driver a device's ARPHRD type can be controlled by
userspace independently of its midlayer private data (ml_priv). The
TUNSETLINK ioctl allows a down TUN/TAP device to overwrite its hardware
type to become ARPHRD_CAN while dev->ml_priv remains NULL (uninitialized).
Instead of checking dev->type being the unreliable ARPHRD_CAN value convert
the missing "valid CAN devices" checks to can_get_ml_priv().
Fixes: 4e096a18867a ("net: introduce CAN specific pointer in the struct net_device")
Cc: stable@kernel.org
Cc: Oleksij Rempel <o.rempel@pengutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Oliver Hartkopp <socketcan@hartkopp.net>
---
net/can/af_can.c | 12 ++++++------
net/can/bcm.c | 7 ++++---
net/can/gw.c | 7 ++++---
net/can/isotp.c | 5 +++--
net/can/raw.c | 4 ++--
5 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/can/af_can.c b/net/can/af_can.c
index 7bc86b176b4d..ef435f22ac93 100644
--- a/net/can/af_can.c
+++ b/net/can/af_can.c
@@ -224,11 +224,11 @@ int can_send(struct sk_buff *skb, int loop)
if (unlikely(skb->len > READ_ONCE(skb->dev->mtu))) {
err = -EMSGSIZE;
goto inval_skb;
}
- if (unlikely(skb->dev->type != ARPHRD_CAN)) {
+ if (unlikely(!can_get_ml_priv(skb->dev))) {
err = -EPERM;
goto inval_skb;
}
if (unlikely(!(skb->dev->flags & IFF_UP))) {
@@ -450,11 +450,11 @@ int can_rx_register(struct net *net, struct net_device *dev, canid_t can_id,
struct can_dev_rcv_lists *dev_rcv_lists;
struct can_rcv_lists_stats *rcv_lists_stats = net->can.rcv_lists_stats;
/* insert new receiver (dev,canid,mask) -> (func,data) */
- if (dev && (dev->type != ARPHRD_CAN || !can_get_ml_priv(dev)))
+ if (dev && !can_get_ml_priv(dev))
return -ENODEV;
if (dev && !net_eq(net, dev_net(dev)))
return -ENODEV;
@@ -517,11 +517,11 @@ void can_rx_unregister(struct net *net, struct net_device *dev, canid_t can_id,
struct receiver *rcv = NULL;
struct hlist_head *rcv_list;
struct can_rcv_lists_stats *rcv_lists_stats = net->can.rcv_lists_stats;
struct can_dev_rcv_lists *dev_rcv_lists;
- if (dev && dev->type != ARPHRD_CAN)
+ if (dev && !can_get_ml_priv(dev))
return;
if (dev && !net_eq(net, dev_net(dev)))
return;
@@ -685,11 +685,11 @@ static void can_receive(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
}
static int can_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
struct packet_type *pt, struct net_device *orig_dev)
{
- if (unlikely(dev->type != ARPHRD_CAN || !can_get_ml_priv(dev) ||
+ if (unlikely(!can_get_ml_priv(dev) ||
!can_skb_ext_find(skb) || !can_is_can_skb(skb))) {
pr_warn_once("PF_CAN: dropped non conform CAN skbuff: dev type %d, len %d\n",
dev->type, skb->len);
kfree_skb_reason(skb, SKB_DROP_REASON_CAN_RX_INVALID_FRAME);
@@ -701,11 +701,11 @@ static int can_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
}
static int canfd_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
struct packet_type *pt, struct net_device *orig_dev)
{
- if (unlikely(dev->type != ARPHRD_CAN || !can_get_ml_priv(dev) ||
+ if (unlikely(!can_get_ml_priv(dev) ||
!can_skb_ext_find(skb) || !can_is_canfd_skb(skb))) {
pr_warn_once("PF_CAN: dropped non conform CAN FD skbuff: dev type %d, len %d\n",
dev->type, skb->len);
kfree_skb_reason(skb, SKB_DROP_REASON_CANFD_RX_INVALID_FRAME);
@@ -717,11 +717,11 @@ static int canfd_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
}
static int canxl_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
struct packet_type *pt, struct net_device *orig_dev)
{
- if (unlikely(dev->type != ARPHRD_CAN || !can_get_ml_priv(dev) ||
+ if (unlikely(!can_get_ml_priv(dev) ||
!can_skb_ext_find(skb) || !can_is_canxl_skb(skb))) {
pr_warn_once("PF_CAN: dropped non conform CAN XL skbuff: dev type %d, len %d\n",
dev->type, skb->len);
kfree_skb_reason(skb, SKB_DROP_REASON_CANXL_RX_INVALID_FRAME);
diff --git a/net/can/bcm.c b/net/can/bcm.c
index cd3522ec32c0..940b917e3830 100644
--- a/net/can/bcm.c
+++ b/net/can/bcm.c
@@ -52,10 +52,11 @@
#include <linux/netdevice.h>
#include <linux/socket.h>
#include <linux/if_arp.h>
#include <linux/skbuff.h>
#include <linux/can.h>
+#include <linux/can/can-ml.h>
#include <linux/can/core.h>
#include <linux/can/skb.h>
#include <linux/can/bcm.h>
#include <linux/slab.h>
#include <linux/workqueue.h>
@@ -1758,11 +1759,11 @@ static int bcm_sendmsg(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg, size_t size)
if (!dev) {
ret = -ENODEV;
goto out_release;
}
- if (dev->type != ARPHRD_CAN) {
+ if (!can_get_ml_priv(dev)) {
dev_put(dev);
ret = -ENODEV;
goto out_release;
}
@@ -1906,11 +1907,11 @@ static void bcm_notify(struct bcm_sock *bo, unsigned long msg,
static int bcm_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb, unsigned long msg,
void *ptr)
{
struct net_device *dev = netdev_notifier_info_to_dev(ptr);
- if (dev->type != ARPHRD_CAN)
+ if (!can_get_ml_priv(dev))
return NOTIFY_DONE;
if (msg != NETDEV_UNREGISTER && msg != NETDEV_DOWN)
return NOTIFY_DONE;
if (unlikely(bcm_busy_notifier)) /* Check for reentrant bug. */
return NOTIFY_DONE;
@@ -2067,11 +2068,11 @@ static int bcm_connect(struct socket *sock, struct sockaddr_unsized *uaddr, int
dev = dev_get_by_index(net, addr->can_ifindex);
if (!dev) {
ret = -ENODEV;
goto fail;
}
- if (dev->type != ARPHRD_CAN) {
+ if (!can_get_ml_priv(dev)) {
dev_put(dev);
ret = -ENODEV;
goto fail;
}
diff --git a/net/can/gw.c b/net/can/gw.c
index 0ec99f68aa45..d9912dea738b 100644
--- a/net/can/gw.c
+++ b/net/can/gw.c
@@ -50,10 +50,11 @@
#include <linux/net.h>
#include <linux/netdevice.h>
#include <linux/if_arp.h>
#include <linux/skbuff.h>
#include <linux/can.h>
+#include <linux/can/can-ml.h>
#include <linux/can/core.h>
#include <linux/can/skb.h>
#include <linux/can/gw.h>
#include <net/can.h>
#include <net/rtnetlink.h>
@@ -607,11 +608,11 @@ static int cgw_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb,
unsigned long msg, void *ptr)
{
struct net_device *dev = netdev_notifier_info_to_dev(ptr);
struct net *net = dev_net(dev);
- if (dev->type != ARPHRD_CAN)
+ if (!can_get_ml_priv(dev))
return NOTIFY_DONE;
if (msg == NETDEV_UNREGISTER) {
struct cgw_job *gwj = NULL;
struct hlist_node *nx;
@@ -1158,19 +1159,19 @@ static int cgw_create_job(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
gwj->src.dev = __dev_get_by_index(net, gwj->ccgw.src_idx);
if (!gwj->src.dev)
goto out;
- if (gwj->src.dev->type != ARPHRD_CAN)
+ if (!can_get_ml_priv(gwj->src.dev))
goto out;
gwj->dst.dev = __dev_get_by_index(net, gwj->ccgw.dst_idx);
if (!gwj->dst.dev)
goto out;
- if (gwj->dst.dev->type != ARPHRD_CAN)
+ if (!can_get_ml_priv(gwj->dst.dev))
goto out;
/* is sending the skb back to the incoming interface intended? */
if (gwj->src.dev == gwj->dst.dev &&
!(gwj->flags & CGW_FLAGS_CAN_IIF_TX_OK)) {
diff --git a/net/can/isotp.c b/net/can/isotp.c
index 0835a4758a72..d3f79efc9c1e 100644
--- a/net/can/isotp.c
+++ b/net/can/isotp.c
@@ -63,10 +63,11 @@
#include <linux/netdevice.h>
#include <linux/socket.h>
#include <linux/if_arp.h>
#include <linux/skbuff.h>
#include <linux/can.h>
+#include <linux/can/can-ml.h>
#include <linux/can/core.h>
#include <linux/can/skb.h>
#include <linux/can/isotp.h>
#include <linux/slab.h>
#include <net/can.h>
@@ -1604,11 +1605,11 @@ static int isotp_bind(struct socket *sock, struct sockaddr_unsized *uaddr, int l
dev = dev_get_by_index(net, addr->can_ifindex);
if (!dev) {
err = -ENODEV;
goto out;
}
- if (dev->type != ARPHRD_CAN) {
+ if (!can_get_ml_priv(dev)) {
err = -ENODEV;
goto out_put_dev;
}
if (READ_ONCE(dev->mtu) < so->ll.mtu) {
err = -EINVAL;
@@ -1888,11 +1889,11 @@ static void isotp_notify(struct isotp_sock *so, unsigned long msg,
static int isotp_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb, unsigned long msg,
void *ptr)
{
struct net_device *dev = netdev_notifier_info_to_dev(ptr);
- if (dev->type != ARPHRD_CAN)
+ if (!can_get_ml_priv(dev))
return NOTIFY_DONE;
if (msg != NETDEV_UNREGISTER && msg != NETDEV_DOWN)
return NOTIFY_DONE;
if (unlikely(isotp_busy_notifier)) /* Check for reentrant bug. */
return NOTIFY_DONE;
diff --git a/net/can/raw.c b/net/can/raw.c
index c5596fc9aac5..7c48ff36e6cd 100644
--- a/net/can/raw.c
+++ b/net/can/raw.c
@@ -339,11 +339,11 @@ static void raw_notify(struct raw_sock *ro, unsigned long msg,
static int raw_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb, unsigned long msg,
void *ptr)
{
struct net_device *dev = netdev_notifier_info_to_dev(ptr);
- if (dev->type != ARPHRD_CAN)
+ if (!can_get_ml_priv(dev))
return NOTIFY_DONE;
if (msg != NETDEV_UNREGISTER && msg != NETDEV_DOWN)
return NOTIFY_DONE;
if (unlikely(raw_busy_notifier)) /* Check for reentrant bug. */
return NOTIFY_DONE;
@@ -482,11 +482,11 @@ static int raw_bind(struct socket *sock, struct sockaddr_unsized *uaddr, int len
dev = dev_get_by_index(sock_net(sk), addr->can_ifindex);
if (!dev) {
err = -ENODEV;
goto out;
}
- if (dev->type != ARPHRD_CAN) {
+ if (!can_get_ml_priv(dev)) {
err = -ENODEV;
goto out_put_dev;
}
if (!(dev->flags & IFF_UP))
--
2.53.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-28 17:34 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-28 17:31 [PATCH v2 0/3] CAN netlayer fixes for stable Oliver Hartkopp
2026-09-28 17:31 ` [PATCH v2 1/3] can: remove CAN filters independent from namespace Oliver Hartkopp
2026-09-28 17:31 ` Oliver Hartkopp [this message]
2026-09-28 17:31 ` [PATCH v2 3/3] can: fix unique skb identifier regression under RPS Oliver Hartkopp
2026-09-28 17:48 ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-28 18:43 ` [PATCH v2 0/3] CAN netlayer fixes for stable Marc Kleine-Budde
2026-09-28 19:26 ` Oliver Hartkopp
2026-09-28 19:37 ` Oliver Hartkopp
2026-09-29 17:07 ` v5 is ready - " Oliver Hartkopp
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