netdev - Re: [PATCH net] tcp: Initialize ca_priv when inheriting from listener

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Date:   Wed, 8 Jul 2020 09:30:44 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Christoph Paasch <cpaasch@...le.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Wei Wang <weiwan@...gle.com>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] tcp: Initialize ca_priv when inheriting from
 listener

On Tue, 07 Jul 2020 21:10:30 -0700 Christoph Paasch wrote:
> Wei Wang fixed a part of these CDG-malloc issues with commit c12014440750
> ("tcp: memset ca_priv data to 0 properly").
> 
> This patch here fixes the listener-scenario by memsetting ca_priv to 0
> after its content has been inherited by the listener.
> 
> (The issue can be reproduced at least down to v4.4.x.)
> 
> Cc: Wei Wang <weiwan@...gle.com>
> Cc: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
> Fixes: 2b0a8c9ee ("tcp: add CDG congestion control")
> Signed-off-by: Christoph Paasch <cpaasch@...le.com>

Also:

Fixes tag: Fixes: 2b0a8c9ee ("tcp: add CDG congestion control")
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