[PATCH] app/testpmd: fix flex item link parsing

Maayan Kashani mkashani at nvidia.com
Thu Nov 13 21:17:25 CET 2025


The flex_link_item_parse function was using FLEX_MAX_FLOW_PATTERN_LENGTH
for all memcpy operations regardless of the actual flow item type. This
could lead to copying incorrect amounts of data.

This patch adds a switch statement to determine the correct size based
on the actual flow item type (IPv4, IPv6, UDP, TCP) and uses that size
for the memcpy operations on spec, mask, and last fields.

Also adds validation to reject unsupported item types.

Fixes: 59f3a8acbcdb ("app/testpmd: add flex item commands")
Cc: stable at dpdk.org

Signed-off-by: Maayan Kashani <mkashani at nvidia.com>
---
 app/test-pmd/cmd_flex_item.c | 10 +++++++---
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/app/test-pmd/cmd_flex_item.c b/app/test-pmd/cmd_flex_item.c
index e6e1cefeb3d..ec19ab63e75 100644
--- a/app/test-pmd/cmd_flex_item.c
+++ b/app/test-pmd/cmd_flex_item.c
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ flex_link_item_parse(const char *src, struct rte_flow_item *item)
 	struct rte_flow_attr *attr;
 	struct rte_flow_item *pattern;
 	struct rte_flow_action *actions;
+	size_t sz = 0;
 
 	sprintf(flow_rule,
 		"flow create 0 pattern %s / end actions drop / end", src);
@@ -143,21 +144,24 @@ flex_link_item_parse(const char *src, struct rte_flow_item *item)
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 	item->type = pattern->type;
+	ret = rte_flow_conv(RTE_FLOW_CONV_OP_ITEM_MASK, NULL, 0, item, NULL);
+	if (ret > 0)
+		sz = ret;
 	if (pattern->spec) {
 		ptr = (void *)(uintptr_t)item->spec;
-		memcpy(ptr, pattern->spec, FLEX_MAX_FLOW_PATTERN_LENGTH);
+		memcpy(ptr, pattern->spec, sz);
 	} else {
 		item->spec = NULL;
 	}
 	if (pattern->mask) {
 		ptr = (void *)(uintptr_t)item->mask;
-		memcpy(ptr, pattern->mask, FLEX_MAX_FLOW_PATTERN_LENGTH);
+		memcpy(ptr, pattern->mask, sz);
 	} else {
 		item->mask = NULL;
 	}
 	if (pattern->last) {
 		ptr = (void *)(uintptr_t)item->last;
-		memcpy(ptr, pattern->last, FLEX_MAX_FLOW_PATTERN_LENGTH);
+		memcpy(ptr, pattern->last, sz);
 	} else {
 		item->last = NULL;
 	}
-- 
2.21.0



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