Re: [PATCH v2 net] net: switchdev: zero-initialize struct switchdev_notifier_fdb_info emitted by drivers towards the bridge

[Karsten Graul]

On 10/08/2021 13:50, Vladimir Oltean wrote:
> The blamed commit a new field to struct switchdev_notifier_fdb_info, but
                  ^^^ added?

> did not make sure that all call paths set it to something valid. For
> example, a switchdev driver may emit a SWITCHDEV_FDB_ADD_TO_BRIDGE
> notifier, and since the 'is_local' flag is not set, it contains junk
> from the stack, so the bridge might interpret those notifications as
> being for local FDB entries when that was not intended.
> 
> To avoid that now and in the future, zero-initialize all
> switchdev_notifier_fdb_info structures created by drivers such that all
> newly added fields to not need to touch drivers again.
> 
> Fixes: 2c4eca3ef716 ("net: bridge: switchdev: include local flag in FDB notifications")
> Reported-by: Ido Schimmel <idosch@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@xxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Ido Schimmel <idosch@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Tested-by: Ido Schimmel <idosch@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> v1->v2: use an empty struct initializer as opposed to memset, as
>         suggested by Leon Romanovsky

For drivers/s390/net/qeth_l2_main.c :

Reviewed-by: Karsten Graul <kgraul@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks