netdev - [patch] ipvs: uninitialized data with IP_VS

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Date:	Wed, 3 Dec 2014 13:12:13 +0300
From:	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
To:	Wensong Zhang <wensong@...ux-vs.org>
Cc:	Simon Horman <horms@...ge.net.au>, Julian Anastasov <ja@....bg>,
	Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>,
	Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>,
	Jozsef Kadlecsik <kadlec@...ckhole.kfki.hu>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	lvs-devel@...r.kernel.org, netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org,
	coreteam@...filter.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [patch] ipvs: uninitialized data with IP_VS_IPV6

The app_tcp_pkt_out() function expects "*diff" to be set and ends up
using uninitialized data if CONFIG_IP_VS_IPV6 is turned on.

Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
---
This bug is very old.

diff --git a/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_ftp.c b/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_ftp.c
index 1d5341f..f93f974 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_ftp.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_ftp.c
@@ -183,6 +183,8 @@ static int ip_vs_ftp_out(struct ip_vs_app *app, struct ip_vs_conn *cp,
 	struct nf_conn *ct;
 	struct net *net;
 
+	*diff = 0;
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_IP_VS_IPV6
 	/* This application helper doesn't work with IPv6 yet,
 	 * so turn this into a no-op for IPv6 packets
@@ -191,8 +193,6 @@ static int ip_vs_ftp_out(struct ip_vs_app *app, struct ip_vs_conn *cp,
 		return 1;
 #endif
 
-	*diff = 0;
-
 	/* Only useful for established sessions */
 	if (cp->state != IP_VS_TCP_S_ESTABLISHED)
 		return 1;
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