netdev - [PATCH 09/14] l2tp: fix info leak via getsockname()

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Message-Id: <1345066317-22512-10-git-send-email-minipli@googlemail.com>
Date:	Wed, 15 Aug 2012 23:31:52 +0200
From:	Mathias Krause <minipli@...glemail.com>
To:	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Mathias Krause <minipli@...glemail.com>,
	James Chapman <jchapman@...alix.com>
Subject: [PATCH 09/14] l2tp: fix info leak via getsockname()

The L2TP code for IPv6 fails to initialize the l2tp_unused member of
struct sockaddr_l2tpip6 and that for leaks two bytes kernel stack via
the getsockname() syscall. Initialize l2tp_unused with 0 to avoid the
info leak.

Signed-off-by: Mathias Krause <minipli@...glemail.com>
Cc: James Chapman <jchapman@...alix.com>
---
 net/l2tp/l2tp_ip6.c |    1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/net/l2tp/l2tp_ip6.c b/net/l2tp/l2tp_ip6.c
index 35e1e4b..9275471 100644
--- a/net/l2tp/l2tp_ip6.c
+++ b/net/l2tp/l2tp_ip6.c
@@ -410,6 +410,7 @@ static int l2tp_ip6_getname(struct socket *sock, struct sockaddr *uaddr,
 	lsa->l2tp_family = AF_INET6;
 	lsa->l2tp_flowinfo = 0;
 	lsa->l2tp_scope_id = 0;
+	lsa->l2tp_unused = 0;
 	if (peer) {
 		if (!lsk->peer_conn_id)
 			return -ENOTCONN;
-- 
1.7.10.4

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