netdev - Re: [PATCH bpf-next] bpf/verifier: properly clear union members after a ctx read

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Date:   Wed, 5 Sep 2018 14:47:22 +0100
From:   Edward Cree <ecree@...arflare.com>
To:     Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@...il.com>
CC:     <daniel@...earbox.net>, <ast@...nel.org>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH bpf-next] bpf/verifier: properly clear union members after
 a ctx read

On 05/09/18 03:23, Alexei Starovoitov wrote:
> So would you agree it's fair to add
> Fixes: f1174f77b50c ("bpf/verifier: rework value tracking")
> ?
Sure.  Though I don't think it needs backporting, as it's a conservative
 bug (i.e. it merely prevents pruning, but that's safe security-wise).
> How about patch like the following:
> ------------
> From 422fd975ed78645ab67d2eb50ff6e1ff6fb3de32 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>
> Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2018 19:13:44 -0700
> Subject: [PATCH] bpf/verifier: fix verifier instability
>
> Fixes: f1174f77b50c ("bpf/verifier: rework value tracking")
> Debugged-by: Edward Cree <ecree@...arflare.com> 
> Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>
Acked-by: Edward Cree <ecree@...arflare.com>