2018-06-04, 17:25:14 -0400, David Miller wrote:
> From: Sabrina Dubroca <s...@queasysnail.net>
> Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2018 13:55:54 +0200
>
> > commit 0bbbf0e7d0e7 ("ipmr, ip6mr: Unite creation of new mr_table")
> > refactored ipmr_new_table, so that it now returns NULL when
> > mr_table_alloc fails. Unfortunately, all callers of ipmr_new_table
> > expect an ERR_PTR. commit 66fb33254f45 ("ipmr: properly check
> > rhltable_init() return value") followed suit.
> >
> > This can result in NULL deref, when ipmr_rules_exit calls
> > ipmr_free_table with NULL net->ipv4.mrt in the
> > !CONFIG_IP_MROUTE_MULTIPLE_TABLES version.
> >
> > This patch makes mr_table_alloc return errors, and changes
> > ip6mr_new_table and its callers to return/expect error pointers as
> > well. It also removes the version of mr_table_alloc defined under
> > !CONFIG_IP_MROUTE_COMMON, since it is never used.
> >
> > Fixes: 0bbbf0e7d0e7 ("ipmr, ip6mr: Unite creation of new mr_table")
> > Fixes: 66fb33254f45 ("ipmr: properly check rhltable_init() return value")
> > Signed-off-by: Sabrina Dubroca <s...@queasysnail.net>
>
> This adds a new warning with gcc-8.1.1 on Fedora 28
>
> CC [M] net/ipv6/ip6mr.o
> In file included from ./arch/x86/include/asm/current.h:5,
> from ./include/linux/sched.h:12,
> from ./include/linux/uaccess.h:5,
> from net/ipv6/ip6mr.c:19:
> net/ipv6/ip6mr.c: In function ‘ip6_mroute_setsockopt’:
> ./include/linux/compiler.h:177:26: warning: ‘mrt’ may be used uninitialized
> in this function [-Wmaybe-uninitialized]
> case 8: *(__u64 *)res = *(volatile __u64 *)p; break; \
> ^
> net/ipv6/ip6mr.c:1752:20: note: ‘mrt’ was declared here
> struct mr_table *mrt;
> ^~~
grmbl, CONFIG_UBSAN disables -Wmaybe-uninitialized. I'll prepare a v2,
sorry.
--
Sabrina
