linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH bpf v2] libbpf: fix passing uninitialized bytes to setsockopt

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Date:   Wed, 9 Oct 2019 09:54:52 -0700
From:   Andrii Nakryiko <andrii.nakryiko@...il.com>
To:     Ilya Maximets <i.maximets@....org>
Cc:     Networking <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, bpf <bpf@...r.kernel.org>,
        open list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>,
        Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jonathan Lemon <jonathan.lemon@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH bpf v2] libbpf: fix passing uninitialized bytes to setsockopt

On Wed, Oct 9, 2019 at 9:49 AM Ilya Maximets <i.maximets@....org> wrote:
>
> 'struct xdp_umem_reg' has 4 bytes of padding at the end that makes
> valgrind complain about passing uninitialized stack memory to the
> syscall:
>
>   Syscall param socketcall.setsockopt() points to uninitialised byte(s)
>     at 0x4E7AB7E: setsockopt (in /usr/lib64/libc-2.29.so)
>     by 0x4BDE035: xsk_umem__create@@LIBBPF_0.0.4 (xsk.c:172)
>   Uninitialised value was created by a stack allocation
>     at 0x4BDDEBA: xsk_umem__create@@LIBBPF_0.0.4 (xsk.c:140)
>
> Padding bytes appeared after introducing of a new 'flags' field.
> memset() is required to clear them.
>
> Fixes: 10d30e301732 ("libbpf: add flags to umem config")
> Signed-off-by: Ilya Maximets <i.maximets@....org>
> ---
>

Thanks!

Acked-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andriin@...com>

> Version 2:
>   * Struct initializer replaced with explicit memset(). [Andrii]
>
>  tools/lib/bpf/xsk.c | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>
> diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/xsk.c b/tools/lib/bpf/xsk.c
> index a902838f9fcc..9d5348086203 100644
> --- a/tools/lib/bpf/xsk.c
> +++ b/tools/lib/bpf/xsk.c
> @@ -163,6 +163,7 @@ int xsk_umem__create_v0_0_4(struct xsk_umem **umem_ptr, void *umem_area,
>         umem->umem_area = umem_area;
>         xsk_set_umem_config(&umem->config, usr_config);
>
> +       memset(&mr, 0, sizeof(mr));
>         mr.addr = (uintptr_t)umem_area;
>         mr.len = size;
>         mr.chunk_size = umem->config.frame_size;
> --
> 2.17.1
>