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netfilter: conntrack: Use memset_startat() to zero struct nf_conn

Message ID 20211118203113.1286928-1-keescook@chromium.org (mailing list archive)
State Mainlined
Commit 4be1dbb75c3de6af1888fa79778388fd4e529543
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Series netfilter: conntrack: Use memset_startat() to zero struct nf_conn | expand

Commit Message

Kees Cook Nov. 18, 2021, 8:31 p.m. UTC
In preparation for FORTIFY_SOURCE performing compile-time and run-time
field bounds checking for memset(), avoid intentionally writing across
neighboring fields.

Use memset_startat() to avoid confusing memset() about writing beyond
the target struct member.

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
---
 net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c | 4 +---
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

Comments

Pablo Neira Ayuso Nov. 30, 2021, 9:49 p.m. UTC | #1
On Thu, Nov 18, 2021 at 12:31:13PM -0800, Kees Cook wrote:
> In preparation for FORTIFY_SOURCE performing compile-time and run-time
> field bounds checking for memset(), avoid intentionally writing across
> neighboring fields.
> 
> Use memset_startat() to avoid confusing memset() about writing beyond
> the target struct member.

Applied to nf-next, thanks
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diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c
index 770a63103c7a..cdfb63509501 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c
@@ -1562,9 +1562,7 @@  __nf_conntrack_alloc(struct net *net,
 	ct->status = 0;
 	ct->timeout = 0;
 	write_pnet(&ct->ct_net, net);
-	memset(&ct->__nfct_init_offset, 0,
-	       offsetof(struct nf_conn, proto) -
-	       offsetof(struct nf_conn, __nfct_init_offset));
+	memset_after(ct, 0, __nfct_init_offset);
 
 	nf_ct_zone_add(ct, zone);