Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.11 049/244] netfilter: nf_tables: don't initialize registers in nft_do_chain()

[Pablo Neira Ayuso]

Hi Sasha,

This commit requires:

commit 14fb07130c7ddd257e30079b87499b3f89097b09
Author: Florian Westphal <fw@xxxxxxxxx>
Date:   Tue Aug 20 11:56:13 2024 +0200

    netfilter: nf_tables: allow loads only when register is initialized

so either drop it or pull-in this dependency for 6.11

Thanks.

On Wed, Sep 25, 2024 at 07:24:30AM -0400, Sasha Levin wrote:
> From: Florian Westphal <fw@xxxxxxxxx>
> 
> [ Upstream commit c88baabf16d1ef74ab8832de9761226406af5507 ]
> 
> revert commit 4c905f6740a3 ("netfilter: nf_tables: initialize registers in
> nft_do_chain()").
> 
> Previous patch makes sure that loads from uninitialized registers are
> detected from the control plane. in this case rule blob auto-zeroes
> registers.  Thus the explicit zeroing is not needed anymore.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal <fw@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  net/netfilter/nf_tables_core.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_core.c b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_core.c
> index a48d5f0e2f3e1..75598520b0fa0 100644
> --- a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_core.c
> +++ b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_core.c
> @@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ nft_do_chain(struct nft_pktinfo *pkt, void *priv)
>  	const struct net *net = nft_net(pkt);
>  	const struct nft_expr *expr, *last;
>  	const struct nft_rule_dp *rule;
> -	struct nft_regs regs = {};
> +	struct nft_regs regs;
>  	unsigned int stackptr = 0;
>  	struct nft_jumpstack jumpstack[NFT_JUMP_STACK_SIZE];
>  	bool genbit = READ_ONCE(net->nft.gencursor);
> -- 
> 2.43.0
>