On Tue, 21 Jul 2026 13:09:31 -0600 Mohammad Shuab Siddique <[email protected]> wrote:
> From: Artin Davari <[email protected]> > > Replace temporary stack arrays in the flow rule parser with static > arrays in three parse functions - prefix spec, RSS type, and RSS > queue handling - to prevent invalid pointer access during parsing > of complex flow rules. > > NEXT_ENTRY() expands to a compound literal, which has automatic > storage duration when used inside a function body. The parser stores > the resulting pointer in ctx->next[], which is dereferenced after the > function returns, so the stack storage backing it is no longer valid > by the time it is accessed. Declaring the arrays 'static const' gives > them a lifetime that outlives the call, fixing the dangling pointer. > > Fixes: c439a84f1a78 ("app/testpmd: fix build with MSVC on non-constant > initializer") > Cc: [email protected] > > Signed-off-by: Artin Davari <[email protected]> > --- Applied to next-net
