netdev - [PATCH] rds: fix a leak of kernel memory

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Date:	Mon, 16 Aug 2010 15:25:00 +0200
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	Andy Grover <andy.grover@...cle.com>,
	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] rds: fix a leak of kernel memory

struct rds_rdma_notify contains a 32 bits hole on 64bit arches,
make sure it is zeroed before copying it to user.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
CC: Andy Grover <andy.grover@...cle.com>
---
 net/rds/recv.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/rds/recv.c b/net/rds/recv.c
index 795a00b..c93588c 100644
--- a/net/rds/recv.c
+++ b/net/rds/recv.c
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ static int rds_still_queued(struct rds_sock *rs, struct rds_incoming *inc,
 int rds_notify_queue_get(struct rds_sock *rs, struct msghdr *msghdr)
 {
 	struct rds_notifier *notifier;
-	struct rds_rdma_notify cmsg;
+	struct rds_rdma_notify cmsg = { 0 }; /* fill holes with zero */
 	unsigned int count = 0, max_messages = ~0U;
 	unsigned long flags;
 	LIST_HEAD(copy);


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