[ovs-dev] [PATCH] revalidator: Fix access of uninitialized memory.

Ben Pfaff blp at nicira.com
Tue Dec 9 01:33:32 UTC 2014


On Mon, Dec 08, 2014 at 05:26:54PM -0800, Joe Stringer wrote:
> Commit 64bb477 "dpif: Minimize memory copy for revalidation." introduced
> a bug where the corner case of ukey creation (in revalidator threads)
> could result in access to uninitialized memory when deleting flows from
> the datapath. This could result in OVS aborting or deadlock. Fix it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Joe Stringer <joestringer at nicira.com>

Seems obviously correct, thanks!

Acked-by: Ben Pfaff <blp at nicira.com>



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