[PATCH net-next] net: mana: hardening: Validate adapter_mtu from MANA_QUERY_DEV_CONFIG

Erni Sri Satya Vennela
2026-03-26T17:31:05Z

As a part of MANA hardening for CVM, validate the adapter_mtu value
returned from the MANA_QUERY_DEV_CONFIG HWC command.

The adapter_mtu value is used to compute ndev->max_mtu via:
gc->adapter_mtu - ETH_HLEN. If hardware returns a bogus adapter_mtu
smaller than ETH_HLEN (e.g. 0), the unsigned subtraction wraps to a
huge value, silently allowing oversized MTU settings.

Add a validation check to reject adapter_mtu values below
ETH_MIN_MTU + ETH_HLEN, returning -EPROTO to fail the device
configuration early with a clear error message.

Signed-off-by: Erni Sri Satya Vennela <ernis@linux.microsoft.com>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/microsoft/mana/mana_en.c | 10 ++++++++--
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/microsoft/mana/mana_en.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/microsoft/mana/mana_en.c
index b39e8b920791..bd07d17a6017 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/microsoft/mana/mana_en.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/microsoft/mana/mana_en.c
@@ -1207,10 +1207,16 @@ static int mana_query_device_cfg(struct mana_context *ac, u32 proto_major_ver,

*max_num_vports = resp.max_num_vports;

- if (resp.hdr.response.msg_version >= GDMA_MESSAGE_V2)
+ if (resp.hdr.response.msg_version >= GDMA_MESSAGE_V2) {
+ if (resp.adapter_mtu < ETH_MIN_MTU + ETH_HLEN) {
+ dev_err(dev, "Adapter MTU too small: %u\n",
+ resp.adapter_mtu);
+ return -EPROTO;
+ }
gc->adapter_mtu = resp.adapter_mtu;
- else
+ } else {
gc->adapter_mtu = ETH_FRAME_LEN;
+ }

if (resp.hdr.response.msg_version >= GDMA_MESSAGE_V3)
*bm_hostmode = resp.bm_hostmode;
--
2.34.1