netdev - Re: [PATCH net] net: Zero ifla_vf_info in rtnl_fill

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Message-Id: <20170608.105841.978006950240671178.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:   Thu, 08 Jun 2017 10:58:41 -0400 (EDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     Yuval.Mintz@...ium.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, mschmidt@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] net: Zero ifla_vf_info in rtnl_fill_vfinfo()

From: Yuval Mintz <Yuval.Mintz@...ium.com>
Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2017 21:00:33 +0300

> Some of the structure's fields are not initialized by the
> rtnetlink. If driver doesn't set those in ndo_get_vf_config(),
> they'd leak memory to user.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Yuval Mintz <Yuval.Mintz@...ium.com>
> CC: Michal Schmidt <mschmidt@...hat.com>

Good catch, applied and queued up for -stable, thanks.