linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] [8/106] xfs: prevent leaking uninitialized stack memory in FSGEOMETRY

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Date:	Thu, 28 Apr 2011 10:04:49 +1000
From:	Dave Chinner <david@...morbit.com>
To:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
Cc:	drosenberg@...curity.com, ak@...ux.intel.com, eugeneteo@...nel.org,
	aelder@....com, gregkh@...e.de, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	stable@...nel.org, tim.bird@...sony.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [8/106] xfs: prevent leaking uninitialized stack
 memory in FSGEOMETRY_V1

On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 05:00:39PM +0200, Andi Kleen wrote:
> > > v2 switches to memset() to avoid future issues if structure members
> > > change, on suggestion of Dave Chinner.
> > 
> > Did you grab the followup patch that fixed the stack corruption
> > this change caused?
> 
> No. Which commit ID is that?

commit af24ee9ea8d532e16883251a6684dfa1be8eec29. I see it is patch
52 of the series, so everything shoul dbe OK. It took a while for
all the patches in the series to trickle into my mail box....

Cheers,

Dave.
-- 
Dave Chinner
david@...morbit.com
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