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From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
To: bpf@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>,
	qmo@kernel.org, ast@kernel.org, daniel@iogearbox.net,
	andrii@kernel.org, martin.lau@linux.dev, eddyz87@gmail.com,
	song@kernel.org, yonghong.song@linux.dev,
	john.fastabend@gmail.com, kpsingh@kernel.org, sdf@fomichev.me,
	haoluo@google.com, jolsa@kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH bpf] tools: bpftool: fix truncated netlink dumps
Date: Thu,  4 Dec 2025 17:18:23 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20251205011823.751868-1-kuba@kernel.org> (raw)

Netlink requires that the recv buffer used during dumps is at least
min(PAGE_SIZE, 8k) (see the man page). Otherwise the messages will
get truncated. Make sure bpftool follows this requirement, avoid
missing information on systems with large pages.

Fixes: 7084566a236f ("tools/bpftool: Remove libbpf_internal.h usage in bpftool")
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
---
CC: qmo@kernel.org
CC: ast@kernel.org
CC: daniel@iogearbox.net
CC: andrii@kernel.org
CC: martin.lau@linux.dev
CC: eddyz87@gmail.com
CC: song@kernel.org
CC: yonghong.song@linux.dev
CC: john.fastabend@gmail.com
CC: kpsingh@kernel.org
CC: sdf@fomichev.me
CC: haoluo@google.com
CC: jolsa@kernel.org
CC: bpf@vger.kernel.org
---
 tools/bpf/bpftool/net.c | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/bpf/bpftool/net.c b/tools/bpf/bpftool/net.c
index cfc6f944f7c3..7f248fc01332 100644
--- a/tools/bpf/bpftool/net.c
+++ b/tools/bpf/bpftool/net.c
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ static int netlink_recv(int sock, __u32 nl_pid, __u32 seq,
 	bool multipart = true;
 	struct nlmsgerr *err;
 	struct nlmsghdr *nh;
-	char buf[4096];
+	char buf[8192];
 	int len, ret;
 
 	while (multipart) {
@@ -201,6 +201,10 @@ static int netlink_recv(int sock, __u32 nl_pid, __u32 seq,
 					return ret;
 			}
 		}
+
+		if (len)
+	                fprintf(stderr, "Invalid message or trailing data in Netlink response: %d\n",
+				len);
 	}
 	ret = 0;
 done:
-- 
2.52.0


             reply	other threads:[~2025-12-05  1:18 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-12-05  1:18 Jakub Kicinski [this message]
2025-12-05 10:01 ` [PATCH bpf] tools: bpftool: fix truncated netlink dumps Quentin Monnet

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