linux-kernel - [PATCH] net: Initialize ctx to avoid memory allocation error

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-Id: <20250313195441.515267-1-chenyuan0y@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2025 14:54:41 -0500
From: Chenyuan Yang <chenyuan0y@...il.com>
To: pablo@...filter.org,
	kadlec@...filter.org,
	davem@...emloft.net,
	edumazet@...gle.com,
	kuba@...nel.org,
	pabeni@...hat.com,
	horms@...nel.org
Cc: netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org,
	coreteam@...filter.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Chenyuan Yang <chenyuan0y@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH] net: Initialize ctx to avoid memory allocation error

It is possible that ctx in nfqnl_build_packet_message() could be used
before it is properly initialize, which is only initialized
by nfqnl_get_sk_secctx().

This patch corrects this problem by initializing the lsmctx to a safe
value when it is declared.

This is similar to the commit 35fcac7a7c25
("audit: Initialize lsmctx to avoid memory allocation error").

Signed-off-by: Chenyuan Yang <chenyuan0y@...il.com>
---
 net/netfilter/nfnetlink_queue.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_queue.c b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_queue.c
index 5c913987901a..8b7b39d8a109 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_queue.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_queue.c
@@ -567,7 +567,7 @@ nfqnl_build_packet_message(struct net *net, struct nfqnl_instance *queue,
 	enum ip_conntrack_info ctinfo = 0;
 	const struct nfnl_ct_hook *nfnl_ct;
 	bool csum_verify;
-	struct lsm_context ctx;
+	struct lsm_context ctx = { NULL, 0, 0 };
 	int seclen = 0;
 	ktime_t tstamp;
 
-- 
2.34.1