Thread (26 messages) 26 messages, 3 authors, 2026-02-02

Re: [PATCH net v3 1/7] net/sched: act_gate: zero-initialize netlink dump struct

From: Paul Moses <hidden>
Date: 2026-01-21 13:39:57
Also in: lkml, stable

Yes, it's not proven so you might be right, I knew it was 4 bytes at best. We can do next or toss it, I don't feel strongly either way.

On Wednesday, January 21st, 2026 at 7:25 AM, Eric Dumazet [off-list ref] wrote:

On Wed, Jan 21, 2026 at 2:20 PM Paul Moses p@1g4.org wrote:
quoted
Zero-initialize the dump struct before selective assignment to avoid
leaking stack padding in netlink replies. This matches other actions
(e.g. act_connmark) that zero-init their dump structs.

Fixes: a51c328df310 ("net: qos: introduce a gate control flow action")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Paul Moses p@1g4.org
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I do not see a bug to fix, current code is fine.

act_connmark problem was that "struct tc_connmark" had a 16bit hole.

No such issue for struct tc_gate.
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