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Commit feadc4b6 authored by Sabrina Dubroca's avatar Sabrina Dubroca Committed by David S. Miller
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rtnetlink: always put IFLA_LINK for links with a link-netnsid



Currently, nla_put_iflink() doesn't put the IFLA_LINK attribute when
iflink == ifindex.

In some cases, a device can be created in a different netns with the
same ifindex as its parent. That device will not dump its IFLA_LINK
attribute, which can confuse some userspace software that expects it.
For example, if the last ifindex created in init_net and foo are both
8, these commands will trigger the issue:

    ip link add parent type dummy                   # ifindex 9
    ip link add link parent netns foo type macvlan  # ifindex 9 in ns foo

So, in case a device puts the IFLA_LINK_NETNSID attribute in a dump,
always put the IFLA_LINK attribute as well.

Thanks to Dan Winship for analyzing the original OpenShift bug down to
the missing netlink attribute.

v2: change Fixes tag, it's been here forever, as Nicolas Dichtel said
    add Nicolas' ack
v3: change Fixes tag
    fix subject typo, spotted by Edward Cree

Analyzed-by: default avatarDan Winship <danw@redhat.com>
Fixes: d8a5ec67

 ("[NET]: netlink support for moving devices between network namespaces.")
Signed-off-by: default avatarSabrina Dubroca <sd@queasysnail.net>
Acked-by: default avatarNicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@6wind.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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