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net: sched: act_ife: initialize struct tc_ife to fix KMSAN kernel-infoleak
authorRanganath V N <vnranganath.20@gmail.com>
Sun, 9 Nov 2025 09:13:36 +0000 (14:43 +0530)
committerPaolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
Tue, 11 Nov 2025 14:00:08 +0000 (15:00 +0100)
commitce50039be49eea9b4cd8873ca6eccded1b4a130a
tree7af7c979c05f104ef82e2392f77913c3fb252b31
parent62b656e43eaeae445a39cd8021a4f47065af4389
net: sched: act_ife: initialize struct tc_ife to fix KMSAN kernel-infoleak

Fix a KMSAN kernel-infoleak detected  by the syzbot .

[net?] KMSAN: kernel-infoleak in __skb_datagram_iter

In tcf_ife_dump(), the variable 'opt' was partially initialized using a
designatied initializer. While the padding bytes are reamined
uninitialized. nla_put() copies the entire structure into a
netlink message, these uninitialized bytes leaked to userspace.

Initialize the structure with memset before assigning its fields
to ensure all members and padding are cleared prior to beign copied.

This change silences the KMSAN report and prevents potential information
leaks from the kernel memory.

This fix has been tested and validated by syzbot. This patch closes the
bug reported at the following syzkaller link and ensures no infoleak.

Reported-by: syzbot+0c85cae3350b7d486aee@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=0c85cae3350b7d486aee
Tested-by: syzbot+0c85cae3350b7d486aee@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Fixes: ef6980b6becb ("introduce IFE action")
Signed-off-by: Ranganath V N <vnranganath.20@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251109091336.9277-3-vnranganath.20@gmail.com
Acked-by: Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
net/sched/act_ife.c