linux-kernel - Re: [patch] agp: potential info leak in compat_agpioc_info

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Date:	Fri, 23 Sep 2011 10:30:04 +0300
From:	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
To:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Cc:	David Airlie <airlied@...ux.ie>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch] agp: potential info leak in compat_agpioc_info_wrap()

On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 09:04:15AM +0200, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> > The agp_info32 struct has a 4 byte hole in it so we need to clear
> > that before copying it to userspace.
> > 
> > struct agp_info32 {
> >         struct agp_version         version;              /*     0     0 */
> > 
> >         /* XXX 4 bytes hole, try to pack */
> > 
> 
> This makes no sense :
> 
> Why should we have a 32bit hole before an u32 field ?
> 

Crap.  You're right.  It saw the agp_version struct as a hole.

Sorry for the noise.

regards,
dan carpenter
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