Re: [PATCH net-next 0/8] mptcp: Add genl events for connection info

On Fri, 12 Feb 2021, Mat Martineau wrote:

On Fri, 12 Feb 2021, Mat Martineau wrote:

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This series from the MPTCP tree adds genl multicast events that are
important for implementing a userspace path manager. In MPTCP, a path
manager is responsible for adding or removing additional subflows on
each MPTCP connection. The in-kernel path manager (already part of the
kernel) is a better fit for many server use cases, but the additional
flexibility of userspace path managers is often useful for client
devices.

Patches 1, 2, 4, 5, and 6 do some refactoring to streamline the netlink
event implementation in the final patch.

Patch 3 improves the timeliness of subflow destruction to ensure the
'subflow closed' event will be sent soon enough.

Patch 7 allows use of the GENL_UNS_ADMIN_PERM flag on genl mcast groups
to mandate CAP_NET_ADMIN, which is important to protect token information
in the MPTCP events. This is a genetlink change.

David -

I noticed that this series got merged to net-next and shows as "Accepted" in 
patchwork:

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net-next.git/commit/?id=0a2f6b32cc45e3918321779fe90c28f1ed27d2af


However, somehow patch 7 did not propagate through the netdev list and does 
not show up in patchwork or the merged series!


It did get archived on the cc'd mptcp list 
(https://lists.01.org/hyperkitty/list/mptcp@lists.01.org/message/KBY6UIFETMXCAOHNXQLYWKXNCHSGJ7AG/) 
so hopefully your directly-addressed copy also arrived. The missing patch 
won't cause a build error but does lead to a token getting exposed to 
non-admin users.

I will re-send it with an extra note about where it originally fit in.

Ok, please disregard. When I went to prepare the patch to re-send I found 
that Dave was a step ahead of me, and the code is in fact in the tree. 
Thanks for handling the issue.


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Mat Martineau
Intel