From: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>
To: Ciara Loftus <ciara.loftus@intel.com>
Cc: <dev@dpdk.org>, <stable@dpdk.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net/i40e: fix raw flow item validation
Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2026 12:41:55 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <acPYE0qdxKTw8p-F@bricha3-mobl1.ger.corp.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260324155627.1849904-1-ciara.loftus@intel.com>
On Tue, Mar 24, 2026 at 03:56:27PM +0000, Ciara Loftus wrote:
> Commit c138a6c3bd0a ("net/i40e: validate raw flow items before
> dereferencing") rejected raw flow items when spec and mask length
> fields differ, intending to prevent out-of-bounds pattern access.
>
> This breaks flows using the default rte_flow_item_raw_mask, which
> sets mask.length to 0xffff regardless of the spec pattern size. Remove
> the erroneous check.
>
> Fixes: c138a6c3bd0a ("net/i40e: validate raw flow items before dereferencing")
> Cc: stable@dpdk.org
>
> Signed-off-by: Ciara Loftus <ciara.loftus@intel.com>
> ---
Acked-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>
Applied to dpdk-next-net-intel,
Thanks,
/Bruce
prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-03-25 12:42 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-24 15:56 [PATCH] net/i40e: fix raw flow item validation Ciara Loftus
2026-03-24 16:20 ` Bruce Richardson
2026-03-25 12:12 ` Loftus, Ciara
2026-03-25 12:31 ` Bruce Richardson
2026-03-25 12:41 ` Bruce Richardson [this message]
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