linux-kernel - Re: [stable] [PATCH v2] ipc: initialize structure memory to zero for shmctl

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Date:	Wed, 6 Oct 2010 19:55:42 -0700
From:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
To:	Kees Cook <kees.cook@...onical.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...nel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz>, Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: Re: [stable] [PATCH v2] ipc: initialize structure memory to zero
	for shmctl

On Wed, Oct 06, 2010 at 07:18:36PM -0700, Kees Cook wrote:
> The old shm interface will leak a few bytes of stack contents. Explicitly
> initialize the structure to zero-fill the untouched fields, using memset
> instead of C99-style in case there are ever holes in the structure.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <kees.cook@...onical.com>
> ---

If you wish to have a patch included in the stable series, please read
Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt which state that adding a:
	Cc: stable <stable@...nel.org>
to the signed-off-by: area will cause it to be automagically included
when the patch gets into Linus's tree.  Otherwise it just causes a lot
of extra work for me to dig around and watch out for it in the future.

thanks,

greg k-h
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