netdev - [patch] netrom: info leak in ->getname()

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Date:	Tue, 23 Apr 2013 09:22:51 +0300
From:	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
To:	Ralf Baechle <ralf@...ux-mips.org>
Cc:	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	linux-hams@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [patch] netrom: info leak in ->getname()

The sockaddr_ax25 struct has a 3 byte hole between ->sax25_call and
->sax25_ndigis.  I've added a memset to avoid leaking uninitialized
stack data to userspace.

Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>

diff --git a/net/netrom/af_netrom.c b/net/netrom/af_netrom.c
index 103bd70..ec0c80f 100644
--- a/net/netrom/af_netrom.c
+++ b/net/netrom/af_netrom.c
@@ -834,6 +834,8 @@ static int nr_getname(struct socket *sock, struct sockaddr *uaddr,
 	struct sock *sk = sock->sk;
 	struct nr_sock *nr = nr_sk(sk);
 
+	memset(&sax->fsa_ax25, 0, sizeof(struct sockaddr_ax25));
+
 	lock_sock(sk);
 	if (peer != 0) {
 		if (sk->sk_state != TCP_ESTABLISHED) {
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