netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] net-timestamp: fix allocation error in test

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Message-Id: <20140905.173119.380669661103402219.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Fri, 05 Sep 2014 17:31:19 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	willemb@...gle.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, dborkman@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net-timestamp: fix allocation error in test

From: Willem de Bruijn <willemb@...gle.com>
Date: Thu,  4 Sep 2014 10:15:45 -0400

> A buffer is incorrectly zeroed to the length of the pointer. If
> cfg_payload_len < sizeof(void *) this can overwrites unrelated memory.
> The buffer contents are never read, so no need to zero.
> 
> Fixes: 8fe2f761cae9 ("net-timestamp: expand documentation")
> 
> Reported-by: Daniel Borkmann <dborkman@...hat.com>
> Signed-off-by: Willem de Bruijn <willemb@...gle.com>

Applied, thanks.
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