netdev - Re: [PATCH net] net: dsa: Initialize ds->cpu_port

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

Date:   Mon, 24 Jul 2017 17:36:54 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     f.fainelli@...il.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, sean.wang@...iatek.com, andrew@...n.ch,
        vivien.didelot@...oirfairelinux.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] net: dsa: Initialize ds->cpu_port_mask earlier

From: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2017 10:49:23 -0700

> The mt7530 driver has its dsa_switch_ops::get_tag_protocol function
> check ds->cpu_port_mask to issue a warning in case the configured CPU
> port is not capable of supporting tags.
> 
> After commit 14be36c2c96c ("net: dsa: Initialize all CPU and enabled
> ports masks in dsa_ds_parse()") we slightly re-arranged the
> initialization such that this was no longer working. Just make sure that
> ds->cpu_port_mask is set prior to the first call to get_tag_protocol,
> thus restoring the expected contract. In case of error, the CPU port bit
> is cleared.
> 
> Fixes: 14be36c2c96c ("net: dsa: Initialize all CPU and enabled ports masks in dsa_ds_parse()")
> Reported-by: Sean Wang <sean.wang@...iatek.com>
> Signed-off-by: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>

Applied, thanks Florian.