linux-kernel - [20/68] drivers/net/eql.c: prevent reading uninitialized stack memory

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Date:	Fri, 24 Sep 2010 09:31:44 -0700
From:	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...nel.org
Cc:	stable-review@...nel.org, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk,
	Dan Rosenberg <dan.j.rosenberg@...il.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: [20/68] drivers/net/eql.c: prevent reading uninitialized stack memory

2.6.32-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let us know.

------------------

From: Dan Rosenberg <drosenberg@...curity.com>

commit 44467187dc22fdd33a1a06ea0ba86ce20be3fe3c upstream.

Fixed formatting (tabs and line breaks).

The EQL_GETMASTRCFG device ioctl allows unprivileged users to read 16
bytes of uninitialized stack memory, because the "master_name" member of
the master_config_t struct declared on the stack in eql_g_master_cfg()
is not altered or zeroed before being copied back to the user.  This
patch takes care of it.

Signed-off-by: Dan Rosenberg <dan.j.rosenberg@...il.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>

---
 drivers/net/eql.c |    2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

--- a/drivers/net/eql.c
+++ b/drivers/net/eql.c
@@ -554,6 +554,8 @@ static int eql_g_master_cfg(struct net_d
 	equalizer_t *eql;
 	master_config_t mc;

+	memset(&mc, 0, sizeof(master_config_t));
+
 	if (eql_is_master(dev)) {
 		eql = netdev_priv(dev);
 		mc.max_slaves = eql->max_slaves;

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