linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4] drivers/net/tulip/de4x5.c: fix union member name in DE4X5_GET

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Date:	Thu, 16 Sep 2010 22:34:41 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	drosenberg@...curity.com
Cc:	grundler@...isc-linux.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, kyle@...artin.ca, jeffm@...e.com,
	security@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] drivers/net/tulip/de4x5.c: fix union member name in
 DE4X5_GET_REG ioctl

From: Dan Rosenberg <drosenberg@...curity.com>
Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2010 01:30:36 -0400

> Tiring doesn't begin to describe it.  Formatting undamaged.

:-)  Thanks.

> This was previously reported as a security issue due to leakage of
> uninitialized stack memory.  Jeff Mahoney pointed out that this is
> incorrect since the copied data is from a union (rather than a struct).
> Therefore, this patch is only under consideration for the sake of
> correctness, and is not security relevant. 
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dan Rosenberg <dan.j.rosenberg@...il.com>
> Acked-by: Grant Grundler <grundler@...isc-linux.org>

Applied.
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