From: Karol Przybylski <karprzy7@gmail.com>
To: karprzy7@gmail.com, pablo@netfilter.org, kadlec@netfilter.org,
davem@davemloft.net, edumazet@google.com, kuba@kernel.org,
pabeni@redhat.com, horms@kernel.org
Cc: netfilter-devel@vger.kernel.org, coreteam@netfilter.org,
netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
skhan@linuxfoundation.org
Subject: [PATCH] netfilter: nfnetlink_queue: Fix redundant comparison of unsigned value
Date: Mon, 9 Dec 2024 21:49:18 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20241209204918.56943-1-karprzy7@gmail.com> (raw)
The comparison seclen >= 0 in net/netfilter/nfnetlink_queue.c is redundant because seclen is an unsigned value, and such comparisons are always true.
This patch removes the unnecessary comparison replacing it with just 'greater than'
Discovered in coverity, CID 1602243
Signed-off-by: Karol Przybylski <karprzy7@gmail.com>
---
net/netfilter/nfnetlink_queue.c | 6 +++---
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_queue.c b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_queue.c
index 5110f29b2..eacb34ffb 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_queue.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_queue.c
@@ -643,7 +643,7 @@ nfqnl_build_packet_message(struct net *net, struct nfqnl_instance *queue,
if ((queue->flags & NFQA_CFG_F_SECCTX) && entskb->sk) {
seclen = nfqnl_get_sk_secctx(entskb, &ctx);
- if (seclen >= 0)
+ if (seclen > 0)
size += nla_total_size(seclen);
}
@@ -810,7 +810,7 @@ nfqnl_build_packet_message(struct net *net, struct nfqnl_instance *queue,
}
nlh->nlmsg_len = skb->len;
- if (seclen >= 0)
+ if (seclen > 0)
security_release_secctx(&ctx);
return skb;
@@ -819,7 +819,7 @@ nfqnl_build_packet_message(struct net *net, struct nfqnl_instance *queue,
kfree_skb(skb);
net_err_ratelimited("nf_queue: error creating packet message\n");
nlmsg_failure:
- if (seclen >= 0)
+ if (seclen > 0)
security_release_secctx(&ctx);
return NULL;
}
--
2.34.1
next reply other threads:[~2024-12-09 20:49 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-12-09 20:49 Karol Przybylski [this message]
2024-12-09 21:32 ` [PATCH] netfilter: nfnetlink_queue: Fix redundant comparison of unsigned value Pablo Neira Ayuso
2024-12-09 21:50 ` Karol P
2024-12-09 21:57 ` Pablo Neira Ayuso
2024-12-09 22:20 ` Florian Westphal
2024-12-10 16:24 ` Casey Schaufler
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