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Date:   Thu, 18 Jan 2018 14:48:03 +0800
From:   Xin Long <lucien.xin@...il.com>
To:     network dev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH net] netlink: reset extack earlier in netlink_rcv_skb

Move up the extack reset/initialization in netlink_rcv_skb, so that
those 'goto ack' will not skip it. Otherwise, later on netlink_ack
may use the uninitialized extack and cause kernel crash.

Fixes: cbbdf8433a5f ("netlink: extack needs to be reset each time through loop")
Reported-by: syzbot+03bee3680a37466775e7@...kaller.appspotmail.com
Signed-off-by: Xin Long <lucien.xin@...il.com>
---
 net/netlink/af_netlink.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
index 47ef2d8..84a4e4c 100644
--- a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
+++ b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
@@ -2391,6 +2391,7 @@ int netlink_rcv_skb(struct sk_buff *skb, int (*cb)(struct sk_buff *,
 	while (skb->len >= nlmsg_total_size(0)) {
 		int msglen;
 
+		memset(&extack, 0, sizeof(extack));
 		nlh = nlmsg_hdr(skb);
 		err = 0;
 
@@ -2405,7 +2406,6 @@ int netlink_rcv_skb(struct sk_buff *skb, int (*cb)(struct sk_buff *,
 		if (nlh->nlmsg_type < NLMSG_MIN_TYPE)
 			goto ack;
 
-		memset(&extack, 0, sizeof(extack));
 		err = cb(skb, nlh, &extack);
 		if (err == -EINTR)
 			goto skip;
-- 
2.1.0

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