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

[Leon Romanovsky]

On Tue, Aug 10, 2021 at 02:50:24PM +0300, Vladimir Oltean wrote:
> The blamed commit a new field to struct switchdev_notifier_fdb_info, but
> 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 at idosch.org>
> Signed-off-by: Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean at nxp.com>
> Reviewed-by: Ido Schimmel <idosch at nvidia.com>
> Tested-by: Ido Schimmel <idosch at nvidia.com>
> ---
> v1->v2: use an empty struct initializer as opposed to memset, as
>         suggested by Leon Romanovsky
> 
>  drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/prestera/prestera_switchdev.c | 4 ++--
>  drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/esw/bridge.c       | 2 +-
>  drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_router.c      | 4 ++--
>  drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_switchdev.c   | 2 +-
>  drivers/net/ethernet/microchip/sparx5/sparx5_mactable.c    | 2 +-
>  drivers/net/ethernet/rocker/rocker_main.c                  | 2 +-
>  drivers/net/ethernet/rocker/rocker_ofdpa.c                 | 2 +-
>  drivers/net/ethernet/ti/am65-cpsw-switchdev.c              | 2 +-
>  drivers/net/ethernet/ti/cpsw_switchdev.c                   | 2 +-
>  drivers/s390/net/qeth_l2_main.c                            | 4 ++--
>  net/dsa/slave.c                                            | 2 +-
>  11 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
> 

Thanks,
Reviewed-by: Leon Romanovsky <leonro at nvidia.com>