The purpose of this clear is to prevent meta->raw_mode to be evaluated at true, but this also prevents to forward any other data to the other callees. Only switch back raw_mode to false so we don't entirely clear meta. Signed-off-by: Benjamin Tissoires <benjamin.tissoires@xxxxxxxxxx> --- new in v6 --- kernel/bpf/verifier.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c index f6af57a84247..3adcc0d123af 100644 --- a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c +++ b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c @@ -5277,7 +5277,7 @@ static int check_mem_size_reg(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, * initialize all the memory that the helper could * just partially fill up. */ - meta = NULL; + meta->raw_mode = false; if (reg->smin_value < 0) { verbose(env, "R%d min value is negative, either use unsigned or 'var &= const'\n", -- 2.36.1