In preparation for FORTIFY_SOURCE performing compile-time and run-time field bounds checking for memset(), avoid intentionally writing across neighboring fields. Use memset_after() to clear everything after the dst_entry member of struct rt6_info. Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Hideaki YOSHIFUJI <yoshfuji@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> --- net/ipv6/route.c | 4 +--- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/net/ipv6/route.c b/net/ipv6/route.c index 6cf4bb89ca69..bd0ab3e436e7 100644 --- a/net/ipv6/route.c +++ b/net/ipv6/route.c @@ -327,9 +327,7 @@ static const struct rt6_info ip6_blk_hole_entry_template = { static void rt6_info_init(struct rt6_info *rt) { - struct dst_entry *dst = &rt->dst; - - memset(dst + 1, 0, sizeof(*rt) - sizeof(*dst)); + memset_after(rt, 0, dst); INIT_LIST_HEAD(&rt->rt6i_uncached); } -- 2.30.2