netdev - Re: [PATCH net] net/ipv6: Ensure cfg is properly initialized in ipv6_create

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Date:   Mon, 11 Jun 2018 16:39:29 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     dsahern@...nel.org
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, dsahern@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] net/ipv6: Ensure cfg is properly initialized in
 ipv6_create_tempaddr

From: dsahern@...nel.org
Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2018 07:12:12 -0700

> From: David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
> 
> Valdis reported a BUG in ipv6_add_addr:
 ...
> Looking at the code I found 1 element (peer_pfx) of the newly introduced
> ifa6_config struct that is not initialized. Use a memset rather than hard
> coding an init for each struct element.
> 
> Reported-by: Valdis Kletnieks <valdis.kletnieks@...edu>
> Fixes: e6464b8c63619 ("net/ipv6: Convert ipv6_add_addr to struct ifa6_config")
> Signed-off-by: David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>

Applied, thanks David.