linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ipv6: initialize treq->txhash in cookie_v6

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Date:   Mon, 17 Jul 2017 00:39:05 -0700
From:   Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:     Alexander Potapenko <glider@...gle.com>
Cc:     dvyukov@...gle.com, kcc@...gle.com, edumazet@...gle.com,
        davem@...emloft.net, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ipv6: initialize treq->txhash in cookie_v6_check()

On Fri, 2017-07-14 at 18:54 +0200, Alexander Potapenko wrote:
> KMSAN reported use of uninitialized memory in skb_set_hash_from_sk(),
> which originated from the TCP request socket created in
> cookie_v6_check():

>  ==================================================================
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alexander Potapenko <glider@...gle.com>
> ---
>  net/ipv6/syncookies.c | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> diff --git a/net/ipv6/syncookies.c b/net/ipv6/syncookies.c
> index 7b75b0620730..b4b354502c6e 100644
> --- a/net/ipv6/syncookies.c
> +++ b/net/ipv6/syncookies.c
> @@ -216,6 +216,7 @@ struct sock *cookie_v6_check(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
>  	treq->rcv_isn = ntohl(th->seq) - 1;
>  	treq->snt_isn = cookie;
>  	treq->ts_off = 0;
> +	treq->txhash = 0;
>  
>  	/*
>  	 * We need to lookup the dst_entry to get the correct window size.

Please use net_tx_rndhash() instead of 0, thanks.

( And same fix is needed for IPv4, as Neal mentioned already )