[PATCH] rxrpc: Initialize sockaddr_rxrpc directly
David Howells
dhowells at redhat.com
Mon Nov 18 07:00:12 PST 2024
Matt Jan <zoo868e at gmail.com> wrote:
> In rxrpc_lookup_peer_local_rcu(), removed the redundant memset call
> that zeros out the sockaddr_rxrpc structure before setting its fields.
> Instead, initialize the sockaddr_rxrpc structure directly in
> rxrpc_input_error().
>
> This change simplifies the code and ensures that the sockaddr_rxrpc
> structure is properly zero-initialized.
How does that actually fix the issue?
All the patch does is move the initialisation of srx from
rxrpc_lookup_peer_local_rcu() into its only caller - and nothing samples the
contents of srx between.
Looking at the bug report, the history of the uninitialised location goes back
further, to a network address generated/assembled in the ipv6 stack or from
the transmission side of the rxrpc stack, possibly call->peer->srx.transport.
David
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