linux-kernel - [PATCH 4.5 041/101] net: thunderx: avoid exposing kernel stack

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Date:	Mon, 16 May 2016 18:20:46 -0700
From:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	stable@...r.kernel.org, Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@....de>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: [PATCH 4.5 041/101] net: thunderx: avoid exposing kernel stack

4.5-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: "xypron.glpk@....de" <xypron.glpk@....de>

[ Upstream commit 161de2caf68c549c266e571ffba8e2163886fb10 ]

Reserved fields should be set to zero to avoid exposing
bits from the kernel stack.

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@....de>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/thunder/nicvf_queues.c |    4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/thunder/nicvf_queues.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/thunder/nicvf_queues.c
@@ -519,6 +519,7 @@ static void nicvf_rcv_queue_config(struc
 		nicvf_config_vlan_stripping(nic, nic->netdev->features);
 
 	/* Enable Receive queue */
+	memset(&rq_cfg, 0, sizeof(struct rq_cfg));
 	rq_cfg.ena = 1;
 	rq_cfg.tcp_ena = 0;
 	nicvf_queue_reg_write(nic, NIC_QSET_RQ_0_7_CFG, qidx, *(u64 *)&rq_cfg);
@@ -551,6 +552,7 @@ void nicvf_cmp_queue_config(struct nicvf
 			      qidx, (u64)(cq->dmem.phys_base));
 
 	/* Enable Completion queue */
+	memset(&cq_cfg, 0, sizeof(struct cq_cfg));
 	cq_cfg.ena = 1;
 	cq_cfg.reset = 0;
 	cq_cfg.caching = 0;
@@ -599,6 +601,7 @@ static void nicvf_snd_queue_config(struc
 			      qidx, (u64)(sq->dmem.phys_base));
 
 	/* Enable send queue  & set queue size */
+	memset(&sq_cfg, 0, sizeof(struct sq_cfg));
 	sq_cfg.ena = 1;
 	sq_cfg.reset = 0;
 	sq_cfg.ldwb = 0;
@@ -635,6 +638,7 @@ static void nicvf_rbdr_config(struct nic
 
 	/* Enable RBDR  & set queue size */
 	/* Buffer size should be in multiples of 128 bytes */
+	memset(&rbdr_cfg, 0, sizeof(struct rbdr_cfg));
 	rbdr_cfg.ena = 1;
 	rbdr_cfg.reset = 0;
 	rbdr_cfg.ldwb = 0;