Re: [PATCH net v2] tcp: initialize standalone TCP-AO response padding

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Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net.git (main)
by Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx>:

On Mon, 13 Jul 2026 18:56:30 +0800 you wrote:
> tcp_v4_send_ack() and tcp_v6_send_response() construct standalone TCP
> responses with TCP-AO options.  The option length carries the actual MAC
> length, but the TCP header length includes the option rounded up to a
> four-byte boundary.
> 
> tcp_ao_hash_hdr() writes the MAC only.  Thus, when the MAC length is not
> four-byte aligned, the one to three bytes after the MAC are left
> uninitialized and may be transmitted.  For the normal TCP-AO hashing
> mode, those bytes also have to be initialized before computing the MAC.
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [net,v2] tcp: initialize standalone TCP-AO response padding
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net/c/e1a9d3cc1182

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