netdev - Re: [PATCH v3 net] net/sched: act_ife: initalize ife->metalist earlier

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Date:   Fri, 17 Jan 2020 01:59:05 -0800 (PST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     edumazet@...gle.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, eric.dumazet@...il.com,
        syzkaller@...glegroups.com, dcaratti@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 net] net/sched: act_ife: initalize ife->metalist
 earlier

From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2020 08:20:39 -0800

> It seems better to init ife->metalist earlier in tcf_ife_init()
> to avoid the following crash :
 ...
> Fixes: 11a94d7fd80f ("net/sched: act_ife: validate the control action inside init()")
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
> Reported-by: syzbot <syzkaller@...glegroups.com>
> Cc: Davide Caratti <dcaratti@...hat.com>
> ---
> v2,v3: addressed Davide feedbacks.

Applied and queued up for -stable.