Re: [PATCH net] ipvs: reset full ip_vs_seq structs in ip_vs_conn_new

Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net.git (main)
by Florian Westphal <[email protected]>:

On Thu,  2 Jul 2026 19:28:36 +0800 you wrote:
> Commit 9a05475cebdd ("ipvs: avoid kmem_cache_zalloc in
> ip_vs_conn_new") changed ip_vs_conn_new() to allocate an ip_vs_conn
> object with kmem_cache_alloc().  The function then initializes many
> fields explicitly, but only resets in_seq.delta and out_seq.delta in the
> two struct ip_vs_seq members.
> 
> That leaves init_seq and previous_delta uninitialized.  This is normally
> harmless while the corresponding IP_VS_CONN_F_IN_SEQ or
> IP_VS_CONN_F_OUT_SEQ flag is clear.  For connections learned from a sync
> message, however, ip_vs_proc_conn() preserves those flags from
> IP_VS_CONN_F_BACKUP_MASK and passes opt=NULL when the message omits
> IPVS_OPT_SEQ_DATA.  In that case the new connection can be hashed with
> SEQ flags set but with the rest of in_seq/out_seq still containing stale
> slab data.
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [net] ipvs: reset full ip_vs_seq structs in ip_vs_conn_new
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net/c/2975324d164c

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