Problem Statement:
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Syscall param sendmsg(msg.msg_iov[0]) points to uninitialised byte(s)
at 0x4975157: sendmsg (sendmsg.c:28)
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2263111== by 0x1413BE: pim_msg_send_frame (pim_pim.c:629)
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2263111== by 0x1413BE: pim_msg_send (pim_pim.c:743)
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2263111== by 0x1425DC: pim_register_send (pim_register.c:332)
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2263111== by 0x1427EE: pim_null_register_send (pim_register.c:443)
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2263111== by 0x14D228: pim_upstream_register_stop_timer (pim_upstream.c:1608)
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2263111== by 0x48CE6DF: thread_call (thread.c:1693)
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2263111== by 0x4899EFF: frr_run (libfrr.c:1068)
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2263111== by 0x11D035: main (pim6_main.c:190)
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2263111== Address 0x1ffeffdcb1 is on thread 1's stack
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2263111== in frame #2, created by pim_register_send (pim_register.c:273)
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2263111== Uninitialised value was created by a stack allocation
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2263111== at 0x142690: pim_null_register_send (pim_register.c:389)
RCA:
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1. All members of struct pim_msg_header were not initiliased while sending
null register packet. Therefore when the pointers are assigned while
sending the msg via sendmsg, it complains the pointer points to
uninitialised byte.
2. struct ipv6_ph ph was also not initialised.
Fix:
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Initialised all the members using memset.
Signed-off-by: Mobashshera Rasool <mrasool@vmware.com>
(cherry picked from commit
1064818645339d09ecfd79c95d4ff2ac330b1147)
memset(buffer, 0, (sizeof(ip6_hdr) + sizeof(pim_msg_header)));
memcpy(buffer, &ip6_hdr, sizeof(ip6_hdr));
- pim_msg_header.ver = 0;
- pim_msg_header.type = 0;
- pim_msg_header.reserved = 0;
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- pim_msg_header.checksum = 0;
+ memset(&pim_msg_header, 0, sizeof(pim_msg_header));
+ memset(&ph, 0, sizeof(ph));
ph.src = up->sg.src;
ph.dst = up->sg.grp;