Re: [PATCH net v2] net/sched: cls_api: Initialize miss_cookie_node when action miss is not used

From: Simon Horman
Date: Fri Apr 21 2023 - 05:09:56 EST


On Thu, Apr 20, 2023 at 03:41:17PM -0300, Pedro Tammela wrote:
> On 20/04/2023 15:36, Ivan Vecera wrote:
> > Function tcf_exts_init_ex() sets exts->miss_cookie_node ptr only
> > when use_action_miss is true so it assumes in other case that
> > the field is set to NULL by the caller. If not then the field
> > contains garbage and subsequent tcf_exts_destroy() call results
> > in a crash.
> > Ensure that the field .miss_cookie_node pointer is NULL when
> > use_action_miss parameter is false to avoid this potential scenario.
> >
> > Fixes: 80cd22c35c90 ("net/sched: cls_api: Support hardware miss to tc action")
> > Signed-off-by: Ivan Vecera <ivecera@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > net/sched/cls_api.c | 1 +
> > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/net/sched/cls_api.c b/net/sched/cls_api.c
> > index 35785a36c80298..3c3629c9e7b65c 100644
> > --- a/net/sched/cls_api.c
> > +++ b/net/sched/cls_api.c
> > @@ -3211,6 +3211,7 @@ int tcf_exts_init_ex(struct tcf_exts *exts, struct net *net, int action,
> > #ifdef CONFIG_NET_CLS_ACT
> > exts->type = 0;
> > exts->nr_actions = 0;
> > + exts->miss_cookie_node = NULL;
> > /* Note: we do not own yet a reference on net.
> > * This reference might be taken later from tcf_exts_get_net().
> > */
>
> Reviewed-by: Pedro Tammela <pctammela@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <simon.horman@xxxxxxxxxxxx>