Re: [PATCH net-next] bridge: mrp: fix MRP_Test option TLV length

On Fri, Jul 24, 2026 at 05:12:02AM +0000, David Corvaglia wrote:
> oui is a pointer, so sizeof(oui) is the pointer size. The MRA
> Option TLV thus advertises a wrong length (15 vs 10 on x86_64),
> causing misparsing of the frame on peers. Fix is to replace
> with sizeof(*oui).
> 
> Signed-off-by: David Corvaglia <[email protected]>
> ---
>  net/bridge/br_mrp.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/net/bridge/br_mrp.c b/net/bridge/br_mrp.c
> index 3f7126a7d720..179d2470b724 100644
> --- a/net/bridge/br_mrp.c
> +++ b/net/bridge/br_mrp.c
> @@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ static struct sk_buff *br_mrp_alloc_test_skb(struct br_mrp *mrp,
>  		struct br_mrp_oui_hdr *oui = NULL;
>  		u8 length;
>  
> -		length = sizeof(*sub_opt) + sizeof(*sub_tlv) + sizeof(oui) +
> +		length = sizeof(*sub_opt) + sizeof(*sub_tlv) + sizeof(*oui) +
>  			MRP_OPT_PADDING;
>  		br_mrp_skb_tlv(skb, BR_MRP_TLV_HEADER_OPTION, length);
>  
> -- 
> 2.55.0
> 

This is clearly a fix and looks like it is needed for proper parsing.
I think it should be targeted at -net with a fixes tag, probably
f7458934b0791 ("net: bridge: mrp: Update the Test frames for MRA")

Cheers,
 Nik