linux-kernel - [PATCH] fix infoleak in rtnetlink

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Date:	Tue,  3 May 2016 16:46:24 -0400
From:	Kangjie Lu <kangjielu@...il.com>
To:	davem@...emloft.net
Cc:	sfeldma@...il.com, roopa@...ulusnetworks.com, jiri@...lanox.com,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	taesoo@...ech.edu, insu@...ech.edu, Kangjie Lu <kjlu@...ech.edu>
Subject: [PATCH] fix infoleak in rtnetlink

The stack object “map” has a total size of 32 bytes. Its last 4
bytes are padding generated by compiler. These padding bytes are
not initialized and sent out via “nla_put”.

Signed-off-by: Kangjie Lu <kjlu@...ech.edu>
---
 net/core/rtnetlink.c | 18 ++++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index a75f7e9..65763c2 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -1180,14 +1180,16 @@ static noinline_for_stack int rtnl_fill_vfinfo(struct sk_buff *skb,
 
 static int rtnl_fill_link_ifmap(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 {
-	struct rtnl_link_ifmap map = {
-		.mem_start   = dev->mem_start,
-		.mem_end     = dev->mem_end,
-		.base_addr   = dev->base_addr,
-		.irq         = dev->irq,
-		.dma         = dev->dma,
-		.port        = dev->if_port,
-	};
+	struct rtnl_link_ifmap map;
+
+	memset(&map, 0, sizeof(map));
+	map.mem_start   = dev->mem_start;
+	map.mem_end     = dev->mem_end;
+	map.base_addr   = dev->base_addr;
+	map.irq         = dev->irq;
+	map.dma         = dev->dma;
+	map.port        = dev->if_port;
+
 	if (nla_put(skb, IFLA_MAP, sizeof(map), &map))
 		return -EMSGSIZE;
 
-- 
1.9.1