br_mrp_alloc_test_skb() builds MRP test frames on an skb from dev_alloc_skb(), which does not clear the linear data area. On the MRA ring-role branch the sub-option TLV header is appended with sub_tlv = skb_put(skb, sizeof(*sub_tlv)); sub_tlv->type = BR_MRP_SUB_TLV_HEADER_TEST_AUTO_MGR; so sub_tlv->length is never written, and the two trailing alignment bytes are appended with a bare skb_put() that does not clear them either. The neighbouring oui and sub_opt regions are explicitly zeroed, so three uninitialised bytes are left in every MRA MRP_Test frame that goes out. Put the sub-option TLV header and the alignment padding in a single skb_put_zero(), which clears both. The AUTO_MGR sub-TLV carries no payload, so the zeroed length field is already the value it should have. Fixes: f7458934b079 ("net: bridge: mrp: Update the Test frames for MRA") Suggested-by: Nikolay Aleksandrov Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Baul Lee --- v2: - fold the alignment padding into a single skb_put_zero() for the sub-option TLV header, dropping the explicit length assignment and the second skb_put() (Nikolay Aleksandrov) - drop the paragraph about observing the leak, and the Reported-by tags Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20260726062518.43774-1-baul.lee@xbow.com/ net/bridge/br_mrp.c | 6 ++---- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/net/bridge/br_mrp.c b/net/bridge/br_mrp.c index 179d2470b..ef16d0703 100644 --- a/net/bridge/br_mrp.c +++ b/net/bridge/br_mrp.c @@ -224,11 +224,9 @@ static struct sk_buff *br_mrp_alloc_test_skb(struct br_mrp *mrp, sub_opt = skb_put(skb, sizeof(*sub_opt)); memset(sub_opt, 0x0, sizeof(*sub_opt)); - sub_tlv = skb_put(skb, sizeof(*sub_tlv)); - sub_tlv->type = BR_MRP_SUB_TLV_HEADER_TEST_AUTO_MGR; - /* 32 bit alligment shall be ensured therefore add 2 bytes */ - skb_put(skb, MRP_OPT_PADDING); + sub_tlv = skb_put_zero(skb, sizeof(*sub_tlv) + MRP_OPT_PADDING); + sub_tlv->type = BR_MRP_SUB_TLV_HEADER_TEST_AUTO_MGR; } br_mrp_skb_tlv(skb, BR_MRP_TLV_HEADER_END, 0x0); -- 2.53.0