[PATCH 3.13 062/212] ipv4: initialise the itag variable in __mkroute_input

From: Kamal Mostafa
Date: Tue Jun 17 2014 - 18:44:18 EST


3.13.11.4 -stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Li RongQing <roy.qing.li@xxxxxxxxx>

[ Upstream commit fbdc0ad095c0a299e9abf5d8ac8f58374951149a ]

the value of itag is a random value from stack, and may not be initiated by
fib_validate_source, which called fib_combine_itag if CONFIG_IP_ROUTE_CLASSID
is not set

This will make the cached dst uncertainty

Signed-off-by: Li RongQing <roy.qing.li@xxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Kamal Mostafa <kamal@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
net/ipv4/route.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/ipv4/route.c b/net/ipv4/route.c
index de44aee..a25c6e7 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/route.c
@@ -1529,7 +1529,7 @@ static int __mkroute_input(struct sk_buff *skb,
struct in_device *out_dev;
unsigned int flags = 0;
bool do_cache;
- u32 itag;
+ u32 itag = 0;

/* get a working reference to the output device */
out_dev = __in_dev_get_rcu(FIB_RES_DEV(*res));
--
1.9.1

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