linux-kernel - [PATCH 3.2 163/185] ipv6: fix leaking uninitialized port number of offender sockaddr

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Message-ID: <lsq.1388282924.891693645@decadent.org.uk>
Date:	Sun, 29 Dec 2013 03:08:44 +0100
From:	Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
CC:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	"Hannes Frederic Sowa" <hannes@...essinduktion.org>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: [PATCH 3.2 163/185] ipv6: fix leaking uninitialized port number
 of  offender sockaddr

3.2.54-rc1 review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@...essinduktion.org>

[ Upstream commit 1fa4c710b6fe7b0aac9907240291b6fe6aafc3b8 ]

Offenders don't have port numbers, so set it to 0.

Signed-off-by: Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@...essinduktion.org>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
---
 net/ipv6/datagram.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/net/ipv6/datagram.c b/net/ipv6/datagram.c
index 144c105..3c7c948 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/datagram.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/datagram.c
@@ -375,6 +375,7 @@ int ipv6_recv_error(struct sock *sk, struct msghdr *msg, int len, int *addr_len)
 	if (serr->ee.ee_origin != SO_EE_ORIGIN_LOCAL) {
 		sin->sin6_family = AF_INET6;
 		sin->sin6_flowinfo = 0;
+		sin->sin6_port = 0;
 		sin->sin6_scope_id = 0;
 		if (skb->protocol == htons(ETH_P_IPV6)) {
 			ipv6_addr_copy(&sin->sin6_addr, &ipv6_hdr(skb)->saddr);

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