[PATCH] netfilter, ipvs: Avoid undefined order of evaluation inassignments to struct nf_conn *

From: Jesper Juhl
Date: Sun May 29 2011 - 14:30:51 EST


In net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_nfct.c::ip_vs_update_conntrack(),
net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_xmit.c::ip_vs_nat_xmit(),
net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_xmit.c::ip_vs_nat_xmit_v6(),
net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_xmit.c::ip_vs_icmp_xmit)()
net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_xmit.c::and ip_vs_icmp_xmit_v6() we do this:
...
struct nf_conn *ct = ct = nf_ct_get(skb, &ctinfo);
...

Since '=' is not a sequence point the order of these assignments happening
is undefined. Luckily it's easy to avoid by just doing what is obviously
the intended thing:
struct nf_conn *ct = nf_ct_get(skb, &ctinfo);

Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl <jj@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
ip_vs_nfct.c | 2 +-
ip_vs_xmit.c | 8 ++++----
2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

Compile tested only.
Patch is against Linus' tree as of a few minutes ago.

diff --git a/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_nfct.c b/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_nfct.c
index f454c80..a3d86c2 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_nfct.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_nfct.c
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ void
ip_vs_update_conntrack(struct sk_buff *skb, struct ip_vs_conn *cp, int outin)
{
enum ip_conntrack_info ctinfo;
- struct nf_conn *ct = ct = nf_ct_get(skb, &ctinfo);
+ struct nf_conn *ct = nf_ct_get(skb, &ctinfo);
struct nf_conntrack_tuple new_tuple;

if (ct == NULL || nf_ct_is_confirmed(ct) || nf_ct_is_untracked(ct) ||
diff --git a/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_xmit.c b/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_xmit.c
index ee319a4..16d129e 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_xmit.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_xmit.c
@@ -544,7 +544,7 @@ ip_vs_nat_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct ip_vs_conn *cp,
#if defined(CONFIG_NF_CONNTRACK) || defined(CONFIG_NF_CONNTRACK_MODULE)
if (cp->flags & IP_VS_CONN_F_SYNC && local) {
enum ip_conntrack_info ctinfo;
- struct nf_conn *ct = ct = nf_ct_get(skb, &ctinfo);
+ struct nf_conn *ct = nf_ct_get(skb, &ctinfo);

if (ct && !nf_ct_is_untracked(ct)) {
IP_VS_DBG_RL_PKT(10, AF_INET, pp, skb, 0,
@@ -661,7 +661,7 @@ ip_vs_nat_xmit_v6(struct sk_buff *skb, struct ip_vs_conn *cp,
#if defined(CONFIG_NF_CONNTRACK) || defined(CONFIG_NF_CONNTRACK_MODULE)
if (cp->flags & IP_VS_CONN_F_SYNC && local) {
enum ip_conntrack_info ctinfo;
- struct nf_conn *ct = ct = nf_ct_get(skb, &ctinfo);
+ struct nf_conn *ct = nf_ct_get(skb, &ctinfo);

if (ct && !nf_ct_is_untracked(ct)) {
IP_VS_DBG_RL_PKT(10, AF_INET6, pp, skb, 0,
@@ -1176,7 +1176,7 @@ ip_vs_icmp_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct ip_vs_conn *cp,
#if defined(CONFIG_NF_CONNTRACK) || defined(CONFIG_NF_CONNTRACK_MODULE)
if (cp->flags & IP_VS_CONN_F_SYNC && local) {
enum ip_conntrack_info ctinfo;
- struct nf_conn *ct = ct = nf_ct_get(skb, &ctinfo);
+ struct nf_conn *ct = nf_ct_get(skb, &ctinfo);

if (ct && !nf_ct_is_untracked(ct)) {
IP_VS_DBG(10, "%s(): "
@@ -1296,7 +1296,7 @@ ip_vs_icmp_xmit_v6(struct sk_buff *skb, struct ip_vs_conn *cp,
#if defined(CONFIG_NF_CONNTRACK) || defined(CONFIG_NF_CONNTRACK_MODULE)
if (cp->flags & IP_VS_CONN_F_SYNC && local) {
enum ip_conntrack_info ctinfo;
- struct nf_conn *ct = ct = nf_ct_get(skb, &ctinfo);
+ struct nf_conn *ct = nf_ct_get(skb, &ctinfo);

if (ct && !nf_ct_is_untracked(ct)) {
IP_VS_DBG(10, "%s(): "


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