[PATCH v3 0/2] net: sched: initialize struct tc_ife to fix kernel-infoleak

From: Ranganath V N

Date: Thu Nov 06 2025 - 14:28:38 EST



This series addresses the uninitialization of the struct which has
2 btes of padding. And copying this uninitialized data to userspace
can leak info from kernel memory.

This sereies ensure all members and padding are cleared prior to
begin copied.

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

Signed-off-by: Ranganath V N <vnranganath.20@xxxxxxxxx>
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Changes in v3:
- updated the commit messages and subject.
- corrected the code misisng ";" in v2
- Link to v2: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20251101-infoleak-v2-0-01a501d41c09@xxxxxxxxx

Changes in v2:
- removed memset(&t, 0, sizeof(t)) from previous patch.
- added the new patch series to address the issue.
- Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20251031-infoleak-v1-1-9f7250ee33aa@xxxxxxxxx

Ranganath V N (2):
net: sched: act_connmark: initialize struct tc_ife to fix kernel leak
net: sched: act_ife: initialize struct tc_ife to fix KMSAN
kernel-infoleak

net/sched/act_connmark.c | 12 +++++++-----
net/sched/act_ife.c | 12 +++++++-----
2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

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