netdev - Re: [PATCH] Prevent reading uninitialized memory with socket filters

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Date:	Tue, 09 Nov 2010 21:28:38 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	drosenberg@...curity.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, stable@...nel.org, security@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Prevent reading uninitialized memory with socket
 filters

From: Dan Rosenberg <drosenberg@...curity.com>
Date: Tue, 09 Nov 2010 17:28:44 -0500

> The "mem" array used as scratch space for socket filters is not
> initialized, allowing unprivileged users to leak kernel stack bytes.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dan Rosenberg <drosenberg@...curity.com>

Prove it.
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