netdev - [PATCH net 1/3] net: ethtool: Initialize buffer when querying device channel settings

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Date:   Tue, 17 Jan 2017 19:19:17 +0200
From:   Tariq Toukan <tariqt@...lanox.com>
To:     "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, Eran Ben Elisha <eranbe@...lanox.com>,
        Tariq Toukan <tariqt@...lanox.com>,
        "John W. Linville" <linville@...driver.com>
Subject: [PATCH net 1/3] net: ethtool: Initialize buffer when querying device channel settings

From: Eran Ben Elisha <eranbe@...lanox.com>

Ethtool channels respond struct was uninitialized when querying device
channel boundaries settings. As a result, unreported fields by the driver
hold garbage.  This may cause sending unsupported params to driver.

Fixes: 8bf368620486 ('ethtool: ensure channel counts are within bounds ...')
Signed-off-by: Eran Ben Elisha <eranbe@...lanox.com>
Signed-off-by: Tariq Toukan <tariqt@...lanox.com>
CC: John W. Linville <linville@...driver.com>
---
 net/core/ethtool.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/core/ethtool.c b/net/core/ethtool.c
index e23766c7e3ba..236a21e3c878 100644
--- a/net/core/ethtool.c
+++ b/net/core/ethtool.c
@@ -1712,7 +1712,7 @@ static noinline_for_stack int ethtool_get_channels(struct net_device *dev,
 static noinline_for_stack int ethtool_set_channels(struct net_device *dev,
 						   void __user *useraddr)
 {
-	struct ethtool_channels channels, max;
+	struct ethtool_channels channels, max = { .cmd = ETHTOOL_GCHANNELS };
 	u32 max_rx_in_use = 0;
 
 	if (!dev->ethtool_ops->set_channels || !dev->ethtool_ops->get_channels)
-- 
1.8.3.1