Re: [PATCH] net: rtnl: avoid uninitialized data in IFLA_VF_VLAN_LIST handling

[Arnd Bergmann]

On Friday 30 September 2016, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> > @@ -1753,6 +1753,9 @@ static int do_setvfinfo(struct net_device *dev, struct nlattr **tb)
> >
> >                         len++;
> >                 }
> > +               if (len == 0)
> > +                       return -EINVAL;
> > +
> >                 err = ops->ndo_set_vf_vlan(dev, ivvl[0]->vf, ivvl[0]->vlan,
> >                                            ivvl[0]->qos, ivvl[0]->vlan_proto);
> >                 if (err < 0)
> > --
> > 2.9.0
> >
> 
> So, if I read this code, we build an array, but call ndo_set_vf_vlan()
> only using first element ?
> 
> Looks like the bug should be fixed in a different way.

I was wondering about this too, but didn't understand enough about it to say
if it was intentional or not. I just realized that I forgot to add Moshe and Tariq
on Cc (I relied on scripts/get_maintainer.pl, but didn't double-check).
I've added them to Cc now, hope they can clarify this.

	Arnd