[Openvpn-devel] [PATCH ovpn net v6 2/6] ovpn: use nla_put_u32 for the key ID attribute in ovpn_nl_key_swap_notify
Ralf Lici <[email protected]> Wed, 29 Jul 2026 12:21:42 +0200
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Currently, in ovpn_nl_key_swap_notify, the OVPN_A_KEYCONF_KEY_ID
attribute is packed as a 16-bit value despite being defined as a 32-bit
u32 attribute in the YAML policy.
Fix this inconsistency by using nla_put_u32.
Fixes: 89d3c0e4612a ("ovpn: kill key and notify userspace in case of IV exhaustion")
Reviewed-by: Sabrina Dubroca <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Ralf Lici <[email protected]>
---
Changes since v5 https://lore.kernel.org/openvpn-devel/6e44855f0fcd704da43dd83b42a1236cb804c76e.1783336121.git.ralf@mandelbit.com/
- Add Sabrina's Reviewed-by tag.
Changes since v4 of this series https://lore.kernel.org/openvpn-devel/981d2ea51cca45138210aa52c6e5a0e55c0da7a0.1783099626.git.ralf@mandelbit.com/
- Add this previously posted standalone fix to the series so the whole
set can be picked in order.
- No changes since v1 of the original single patch
https://lore.kernel.org/openvpn-devel/8577555cc95646d0bd58a5b78e59c7e6a9b1a0c6.1783058844.git.ralf@mandelbit.com/
drivers/net/ovpn/netlink.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ovpn/netlink.c b/drivers/net/ovpn/netlink.c
index 4c66c1ec497e..abf038206a62 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ovpn/netlink.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ovpn/netlink.c
@@ -1335,7 +1335,7 @@ int ovpn_nl_key_swap_notify(struct ovpn_peer *peer, u8 key_id)
if (nla_put_u32(msg, OVPN_A_KEYCONF_PEER_ID, peer->id))
goto err_cancel_msg;
- if (nla_put_u16(msg, OVPN_A_KEYCONF_KEY_ID, key_id))
+ if (nla_put_u32(msg, OVPN_A_KEYCONF_KEY_ID, key_id))
goto err_cancel_msg;
nla_nest_end(msg, k_attr);
--
2.55.0
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