netdev - Re: [PATCH iproute2] iplink_vrf: Save device index from response for return code

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Date:   Fri, 1 Jun 2018 19:05:49 +0200
From:   Phil Sutter <phil@....cc>
To:     dsahern@...nel.org
Cc:     stephen@...workplumber.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>,
        Hangbin Liu <liuhangbin@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH iproute2] iplink_vrf: Save device index from response for
 return code

On Fri, Jun 01, 2018 at 08:50:16AM -0700, dsahern@...nel.org wrote:
> From: David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
> 
> A recent commit changed rtnl_talk_* to return the response message in
> allocated memory so callers need to free it. The change to name_is_vrf
> did not save the device index which is pointing to a struct inside the
> now allocated and freed memory resulting in garbage getting returned
> in some cases.
> 
> Fix by using a stack variable to save the return value and only set
> it to ifi->ifi_index after all checks are done and before the answer
> buffer is freed.
> 
> Fixes: 86bf43c7c2fdc ("lib/libnetlink: update rtnl_talk to support malloc buff at run time")
> Cc: Hangbin Liu <liuhangbin@...il.com>
> Cc: Phil Sutter <phil@....cc>
> Signed-off-by: David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>

Acked-by: Phil Sutter <phil@....cc>

Thanks, Phil