netdev - [PATCH] tc: Fix unitialized kernel memory leak

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Message-ID: <4A9E67A9.7090205@gmail.com>
Date:	Wed, 02 Sep 2009 14:40:09 +0200
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
CC:	Linux Netdev List <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] tc: Fix unitialized kernel memory leak

Three bytes of uninitialized kernel memory are currently leaked to user

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
---
diff --git a/net/sched/sch_api.c b/net/sched/sch_api.c
index 24d17ce..fdb694e 100644
--- a/net/sched/sch_api.c
+++ b/net/sched/sch_api.c
@@ -1456,6 +1456,8 @@ static int tc_fill_tclass(struct sk_buff *skb, struct Qdisc *q,
 	nlh = NLMSG_NEW(skb, pid, seq, event, sizeof(*tcm), flags);
 	tcm = NLMSG_DATA(nlh);
 	tcm->tcm_family = AF_UNSPEC;
+	tcm->tcm__pad1 = 0;
+	tcm->tcm__pad2 = 0;
 	tcm->tcm_ifindex = qdisc_dev(q)->ifindex;
 	tcm->tcm_parent = q->handle;
 	tcm->tcm_handle = q->handle;
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