netdev - RE: [PATCH 6.1.y v2] net/sched: act_mirred: don't override retval if we already lost the skb

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Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2025 02:07:54 +0000
From: "Ren, Jianqi (Jacky) (CN)" <Jianqi.Ren.CN@...driver.com>
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Subject: RE: [PATCH 6.1.y v2] net/sched: act_mirred: don't override retval if
 we already lost the skb

Hello,
I have already dropped the first v2 patch for incorrect comments(Maybe you missed the dropping email). This v2 patch is just I want to send. Thanks!

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Subject: Re: [PATCH 6.1.y v2] net/sched: act_mirred: don't override retval if we already lost the skb

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On Mon, Apr 28, 2025 at 04:01:03PM +0800, jianqi.ren.cn@...driver.com wrote:
> From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
>
> [ Upstream commit 166c2c8a6a4dc2e4ceba9e10cfe81c3e469e3210 ]
>
> If we're redirecting the skb, and haven't called tcf_mirred_forward(), 
> yet, we need to tell the core to drop the skb by setting the retcode 
> to SHOT. If we have called tcf_mirred_forward(), however, the skb is 
> out of our hands and returning SHOT will lead to UaF.
>
> Move the retval override to the error path which actually need it.
>
> Reviewed-by: Michal Swiatkowski <michal.swiatkowski@...ux.intel.com>
> Fixes: e5cf1baf92cb ("act_mirred: use TC_ACT_REINSERT when possible")
> Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
> Acked-by: Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@...atatu.com>
> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net> [Minor conflict 
> resolved due to code context change.]
> Signed-off-by: Jianqi Ren <jianqi.ren.cn@...driver.com>
> Signed-off-by: He Zhe <zhe.he@...driver.com>
> ---
> v2: Fix the following issue
> net/sched/act_mirred.c:265:6: error: variable 'is_redirect' is used 
> uninitialized whenever 'if' condition is true found by the following 
> tuxmake
> (https://lore.kernel.org/stable/CA+G9fYu+FEZ-3ye30Hk2sk1+LFsw7iO5AHueU
> a9H1Ub=JO-k2g@...l.gmail.com/) Verified the build test by cmd(tuxmake 
> --runtime podman --target-arch arm  --toolchain clang-20 --kconfig 
> allmodconfig LLVM=1 LLVM_IAS=1)

I see 2 "v2" patches here, both different, so I'm dropping both of them :(