From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: HarshaVardhana S A <harshavardhana.sa@broadcom.com>,
Bryan Tan <bryan-bt.tan@broadcom.com>,
Vishnu Dasa <vishnu.dasa@broadcom.com>,
Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@redhat.com>,
"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>,
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>,
Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>,
virtualization@lists.linux.dev, stable <stable@kernel.org>,
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Subject: [PATCH net] vsock/vmci: Clear the vmci transport packet properly when initializing it
Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2025 14:22:54 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250701122254.2397440-1-gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> (raw)
From: HarshaVardhana S A <harshavardhana.sa@broadcom.com>
In vmci_transport_packet_init memset the vmci_transport_packet before
populating the fields to avoid any uninitialised data being left in the
structure.
Cc: Bryan Tan <bryan-bt.tan@broadcom.com>
Cc: Vishnu Dasa <vishnu.dasa@broadcom.com>
Cc: Broadcom internal kernel review list
Cc: Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@redhat.com>
Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>
Cc: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Cc: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Cc: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
Cc: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>
Cc: virtualization@lists.linux.dev
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Cc: stable <stable@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: HarshaVardhana S A <harshavardhana.sa@broadcom.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
---
Tweaked from original version by rewording the text and adding a blank
line and correctly sending it to the proper people for inclusion in net.
net/vmw_vsock/vmci_transport.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/vmw_vsock/vmci_transport.c b/net/vmw_vsock/vmci_transport.c
index b370070194fa..7eccd6708d66 100644
--- a/net/vmw_vsock/vmci_transport.c
+++ b/net/vmw_vsock/vmci_transport.c
@@ -119,6 +119,8 @@ vmci_transport_packet_init(struct vmci_transport_packet *pkt,
u16 proto,
struct vmci_handle handle)
{
+ memset(pkt, 0, sizeof(*pkt));
+
/* We register the stream control handler as an any cid handle so we
* must always send from a source address of VMADDR_CID_ANY
*/
@@ -131,8 +133,6 @@ vmci_transport_packet_init(struct vmci_transport_packet *pkt,
pkt->type = type;
pkt->src_port = src->svm_port;
pkt->dst_port = dst->svm_port;
- memset(&pkt->proto, 0, sizeof(pkt->proto));
- memset(&pkt->_reserved2, 0, sizeof(pkt->_reserved2));
switch (pkt->type) {
case VMCI_TRANSPORT_PACKET_TYPE_INVALID:
--
2.50.0
next reply other threads:[~2025-07-01 12:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-07-01 12:22 Greg Kroah-Hartman [this message]
2025-07-01 12:42 ` [PATCH net] vsock/vmci: Clear the vmci transport packet properly when initializing it Stefano Garzarella
2025-07-01 12:56 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2025-07-03 10:50 ` Stefano Garzarella
2025-07-03 10:51 ` Stefano Garzarella
2025-07-03 11:00 ` patchwork-bot+netdevbpf
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