[PATCH] net/i40e: fix raw flow item validation

[Bruce Richardson]

On Tue, Mar 24, 2026 at 03:56:27PM +0000, Ciara Loftus wrote:
> Commit c138a6c3bd0a ("net/i40e: validate raw flow items before
> dereferencing") rejected raw flow items when spec and mask length
> fields differ, intending to prevent out-of-bounds pattern access.
> 
> This breaks flows using the default rte_flow_item_raw_mask, which
> sets mask.length to 0xffff regardless of the spec pattern size. Remove
> the erroneous check.
> 
> Fixes: c138a6c3bd0a ("net/i40e: validate raw flow items before dereferencing")
> Cc: stable at dpdk.org
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ciara Loftus <ciara.loftus at intel.com>
> ---
Acked-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson at intel.com>

Applied to dpdk-next-net-intel,
Thanks,
/Bruce