netdev - [PATCH net-next 08/19] netfilter: nf_tables: Drop pointless memset in nf_tables_dump

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2023 23:25:44 +0200
From: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>
To: netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: davem@...emloft.net,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	kuba@...nel.org,
	pabeni@...hat.com,
	edumazet@...gle.com,
	fw@...len.de
Subject: [PATCH net-next 08/19] netfilter: nf_tables: Drop pointless memset in nf_tables_dump_obj

From: Phil Sutter <phil@....cc>

The code does not make use of cb->args fields past the first one, no
need to zero them.

Signed-off-by: Phil Sutter <phil@....cc>
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>
---
 net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c | 3 ---
 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
index 03a306d15f43..fa216d1cfb74 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
@@ -7717,9 +7717,6 @@ static int nf_tables_dump_obj(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netlink_callback *cb)
 				goto cont;
 			if (idx < s_idx)
 				goto cont;
-			if (idx > s_idx)
-				memset(&cb->args[1], 0,
-				       sizeof(cb->args) - sizeof(cb->args[0]));
 			if (filter && filter->table &&
 			    strcmp(filter->table, table->name))
 				goto cont;
-- 
2.30.2