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Hence, this suppose NLA_S32 (4 bytes) integer\ncan be faked as empty (0 bytes) by a malicious user, which could leads\nto OOB in heap just like CVE-2023-3773.\n\nTo fix it, this commit just completes the nla_policy description for\nIFLA_MACVLAN_BC_CUTOFF. This enforces the length check and avoids the\npotential OOB read.","Type":"Description","Title":"macvlan: add forgotten nla_policy for IFLA_MACVLAN_BC_CUTOFF"}]}}}