This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
netfilter: nf_tables: Drop pointless memset in nf_tables_dump_obj
to the 6.1-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
netfilter-nf_tables-drop-pointless-memset-in-nf_tabl.patch
and it can be found in the queue-6.1 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
commit 5e08d0c33a60f878931cd1f921128664f5e119a5
Author: Phil Sutter <phil@xxxxxx>
Date: Fri Oct 20 19:34:28 2023 +0200
netfilter: nf_tables: Drop pointless memset in nf_tables_dump_obj
[ Upstream commit ff16111cc10c82ee065ffbd9fa8d6210394ff8c6 ]
The code does not make use of cb->args fields past the first one, no
need to zero them.
Signed-off-by: Phil Sutter <phil@xxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Stable-dep-of: bd662c4218f9 ("netfilter: nf_tables: Add locking for NFT_MSG_GETOBJ_RESET requests")
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
index 747033129c0fe..ddf84f226822b 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
@@ -7452,9 +7452,6 @@ static int nf_tables_dump_obj(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netlink_callback *cb)
goto cont;
if (idx < s_idx)
goto cont;
- if (idx > s_idx)
- memset(&cb->args[1], 0,
- sizeof(cb->args) - sizeof(cb->args[0]));
if (filter && filter->table &&
strcmp(filter->table, table->name))
goto cont;
