netdev - [patch] hso: memsetting wrong data in hso_get

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Date:	Wed, 22 Feb 2012 10:30:25 +0300
From:	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
To:	Jan Dumon <j.dumon@...ion.com>
Cc:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	linux-usb@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [patch] hso: memsetting wrong data in hso_get_count()

The intent was to clear out the icount struct here, but we accidentally
clear stack memory instead.  It probably will lead to a NULL dereference
right away.

Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>

diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/hso.c b/drivers/net/usb/hso.c
index 304fe78..e1324b4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/hso.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/hso.c
@@ -1632,7 +1632,7 @@ static int hso_get_count(struct tty_struct *tty,
 	struct hso_serial *serial = get_serial_by_tty(tty);
 	struct hso_tiocmget  *tiocmget = serial->tiocmget;
 
-	memset(&icount, 0, sizeof(struct serial_icounter_struct));
+	memset(icount, 0, sizeof(struct serial_icounter_struct));
 
 	if (!tiocmget)
 		 return -ENOENT;
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