| Message ID | 1402689788-14337-1-git-send-email-kamal@canonical.com |
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| State | New |
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diff --git a/net/ipv4/route.c b/net/ipv4/route.c index 12ab6de..24ba6e1 100644 --- a/net/ipv4/route.c +++ b/net/ipv4/route.c @@ -1482,7 +1482,7 @@ static int __mkroute_input(struct sk_buff *skb, struct in_device *out_dev; unsigned int flags = 0; bool do_cache; - u32 itag; + u32 itag = 0; /* get a working reference to the output device */ out_dev = __in_dev_get_rcu(FIB_RES_DEV(*res));
This is a note to let you know that I have just added a patch titled ipv4: initialise the itag variable in __mkroute_input to the linux-3.8.y-queue branch of the 3.8.y.z extended stable tree which can be found at: http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git?p=ubuntu/linux.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/linux-3.8.y-queue This patch is scheduled to be released in version 3.8.13.24. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to this tree, please reply to this email. For more information about the 3.8.y.z tree, see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/Dev/ExtendedStable Thanks. -Kamal ------ From 95350f2f0cd6fdc84ee8ec514c5859d971cf1862 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Li RongQing <roy.qing.li@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 22 May 2014 16:36:55 +0800 Subject: ipv4: initialise the itag variable in __mkroute_input [ Upstream commit fbdc0ad095c0a299e9abf5d8ac8f58374951149a ] the value of itag is a random value from stack, and may not be initiated by fib_validate_source, which called fib_combine_itag if CONFIG_IP_ROUTE_CLASSID is not set This will make the cached dst uncertainty Signed-off-by: Li RongQing <roy.qing.li@gmail.com> Acked-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@plumgrid.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> Signed-off-by: Kamal Mostafa <kamal@canonical.com> --- net/ipv4/route.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) -- 1.9.1