netdev - Re: [PATCH] ipv4: Remove bogus checks of rt

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:15:46 +0100
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ipv4: Remove bogus checks of rt_gateway being zero.

Le mardi 24 janvier 2012 à 18:09 -0500, David Miller a écrit :
> It can never actually happen.  rt_gateway is either the fully resolved
> flow lookup key's destination address, or the non-zero FIB entry gateway
> address.
> 
> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
> ---
> 
> Applied to net-next
> 
>  net/ipv4/ip_gre.c |    8 +++-----
>  net/ipv4/ipip.c   |    2 --
>  2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c b/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c
> index 2b53a1f..fc21335 100644
> --- a/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c
> +++ b/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c
> @@ -724,11 +724,8 @@ static netdev_tx_t ipgre_tunnel_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev
>  			goto tx_error;
>  		}
>  
> -		if (skb->protocol == htons(ETH_P_IP)) {
> +		if (skb->protocol == htons(ETH_P_IP))
>  			rt = skb_rtable(skb);
> -			if ((dst = rt->rt_gateway) == 0)
> -				goto tx_error_icmp;
> -		}
>  #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_IPV6)
>  		else if (skb->protocol == htons(ETH_P_IPV6)) {
>  			struct neighbour *neigh = dst_get_neighbour_noref(skb_dst(skb));
> @@ -910,9 +907,10 @@ static netdev_tx_t ipgre_tunnel_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev
>  	__IPTUNNEL_XMIT(tstats, &dev->stats);
>  	return NETDEV_TX_OK;
>  
> +#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_IPV6)
>  tx_error_icmp:
>  	dst_link_failure(skb);
> -
> +#endif
>  tx_error:
>  	dev->stats.tx_errors++;
>  	dev_kfree_skb(skb);
> diff --git a/net/ipv4/ipip.c b/net/ipv4/ipip.c
> index 413ed1b..be2cbd1 100644
> --- a/net/ipv4/ipip.c
> +++ b/net/ipv4/ipip.c
> @@ -454,8 +454,6 @@ static netdev_tx_t ipip_tunnel_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
>  			dev->stats.tx_fifo_errors++;
>  			goto tx_error;
>  		}
> -		if ((dst = rt->rt_gateway) == 0)
> -			goto tx_error_icmp;
>  	}
>  
>  	rt = ip_route_output_ports(dev_net(dev), &fl4, NULL,

Hmm...

So dst wont be initialized ?



--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html