linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH 04/39] libext2fs: zero the EA block buffer before filling it

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Message-ID: <20141104164752.GE30614@thunk.org>
Date:	Tue, 4 Nov 2014 11:47:52 -0500
From:	Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
To:	"Darrick J. Wong" <darrick.wong@...cle.com>
Cc:	Sami Liedes <sami.liedes@....fi>, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 04/39] libext2fs: zero the EA block buffer before filling
 it

On Sat, Oct 25, 2014 at 01:56:49PM -0700, Darrick J. Wong wrote:
> When writing an extended attribute (EA) block, it's quite possible
> that the EA formatting code will not write the entire buffer.
> Therefore, we must zero the buffer beforehand to avoid writing random
> heap contents to disk.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong <darrick.wong@...cle.com>
> Reported-by: Sami Liedes <sami.liedes@....fi>

Applied, thanks.

					- Ted
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