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Date:      Sat, 23 May 2026 23:10:38 +0000
From:      Ed Maste <emaste@FreeBSD.org>
To:        src-committers@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-src-all@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-src-main@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   git: 4d125ed6e7d4 - main - netlink: Avoid potential undefined behaviour
Message-ID:  <6a1233ee.34292.4ff5cb12@gitrepo.freebsd.org>

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The branch main has been updated by emaste:

URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=4d125ed6e7d445d574c11dc35c40ec3013559806

commit 4d125ed6e7d445d574c11dc35c40ec3013559806
Author:     Ed Maste <emaste@FreeBSD.org>
AuthorDate: 2026-05-22 14:55:49 +0000
Commit:     Ed Maste <emaste@FreeBSD.org>
CommitDate: 2026-05-23 20:59:52 +0000

    netlink: Avoid potential undefined behaviour
    
    Taking the address of an OOB array element is UB, even if not
    dereferenced.
    
    Reviewed by: des, bz
    Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation
    Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D57172
---
 sys/netlink/netlink_generic.c | 8 +++-----
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/sys/netlink/netlink_generic.c b/sys/netlink/netlink_generic.c
index c2f82eed5656..50c12175e14e 100644
--- a/sys/netlink/netlink_generic.c
+++ b/sys/netlink/netlink_generic.c
@@ -93,12 +93,10 @@ static struct genl_group {
 static inline struct genl_family *
 genl_family(uint16_t family_id)
 {
-	struct genl_family *gf;
-
-	gf = &families[family_id - GENL_MIN_ID];
 	KASSERT(family_id - GENL_MIN_ID < MAX_FAMILIES &&
-	    gf->family_name != NULL, ("family %u does not exist", family_id));
-	return (gf);
+	    families[family_id - GENL_MIN_ID].family_name != NULL,
+	    ("family %u does not exist", family_id));
+	return (&families[family_id - GENL_MIN_ID]);
 }
 
 static inline uint16_t


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