[patch -next] wan/fsl_ucc_hdlc: info leak in uhdlc_ioctl()
walter harms
wharms at bfs.de
Thu Jul 14 20:52:16 AEST 2016
Am 14.07.2016 12:34, schrieb Dan Carpenter:
> There is a 2 byte struct whole after line.loopback so we need to clear
> that out to avoid disclosing stack information.
>
> Fixes: c19b6d246a35 ('drivers/net: support hdlc function for QE-UCC')
> Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter at oracle.com>
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wan/fsl_ucc_hdlc.c b/drivers/net/wan/fsl_ucc_hdlc.c
> index 19174ac..7608561 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wan/fsl_ucc_hdlc.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wan/fsl_ucc_hdlc.c
> @@ -635,6 +635,7 @@ static int uhdlc_ioctl(struct net_device *dev, struct ifreq *ifr, int cmd)
> ifr->ifr_settings.size = size; /* data size wanted */
> return -ENOBUFS;
> }
> + memset(&line, 0, sizeof(line));
> line.clock_type = priv->clocking;
> line.clock_rate = 0;
> line.loopback = 0;
In this case
line.clock_rate = 0;
line.loopback = 0;
are not need any more and can be removed
except like them to have for documentation or so.
re,
wh
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