linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] net: sched: cls: fix a potential missing-check bug

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Date:   Fri, 04 May 2018 13:12:54 -0400 (EDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     wang6495@....edu
Cc:     kjlu@....edu, jhs@...atatu.com, xiyou.wangcong@...il.com,
        jiri@...nulli.us, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: sched: cls: fix a potential missing-check bug

From: Wenwen Wang <wang6495@....edu>
Date: Fri,  4 May 2018 02:05:05 -0500

> Given that gen_tunnel() may return a value larger than 255 based on
> data, the new value of f->res.classid should be re-checked.

gen_tunnel() may not ever return a value larger than 255.

data->tgenerator is a u8 and therefore can never take on a value
outside of the range of 0 to 255.

I'm not applying this patch, sorry.