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From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
To: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>
Cc: Linux Netdev List <netdev@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] rose: Fix rose_getname() leak
Date: Thu, 06 Aug 2009 15:34:06 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4A7ADBCE.2040501@gmail.com> (raw)

rose_getname() can leak kernel memory to user.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
---
diff --git a/net/rose/af_rose.c b/net/rose/af_rose.c
index f0a76f6..e5f478c 100644
--- a/net/rose/af_rose.c
+++ b/net/rose/af_rose.c
@@ -954,6 +954,7 @@ static int rose_getname(struct socket *sock, struct sockaddr *uaddr,
 	struct rose_sock *rose = rose_sk(sk);
 	int n;
 
+	memset(srose, 0, sizeof(*srose));
 	if (peer != 0) {
 		if (sk->sk_state != TCP_ESTABLISHED)
 			return -ENOTCONN;

             reply	other threads:[~2009-08-06 13:34 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-08-06 13:34 Eric Dumazet [this message]
2009-08-06 20:09 ` [PATCH] rose: Fix rose_getname() leak David Miller

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