netdev - Re: [PATCH net] net: filter: initialize A and X registers

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Date:	Wed, 23 Apr 2014 12:51:26 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	eric.dumazet@...il.com
Cc:	ast@...mgrid.com, dborkman@...hat.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] net: filter: initialize A and X registers

From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2014 22:13:00 -0700

> On Tue, 2014-04-22 at 23:57 -0400, David Miller wrote:
>> From: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...mgrid.com>
>> Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2014 20:18:57 -0700
>> 
>> > exisiting BPF verifier allows uninitialized access to registers,
>> > 'ret A' is considered to be a valid filter.
>> > So initialize A and X to zero to prevent leaking kernel memory
>> > In the future BPF verifier will be rejecting such filters
>> > 
>> > Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...mgrid.com>
>> 
>> Has the code always been like this?
>> 
>> Did the eBPF changes introduce this problem either directly or
>> indirectly?
> 
> Original code was fine AFAIK
> 
> Fixes: bd4cf0ed331a2 ("net: filter: rework/optimize internal BPF interpreter's instruction set")
> 
> David, is it possible for you to push net-next tree ?

What exactly are you asking me to do?  Put this patch in the net-next tree?
Or are you asking me to merge net into net-next after I apply it?

It's definitely a 'net' patch.
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