The CCID3 code fails to initialize the trailing padding bytes of struct tfrc_tx_info added for alignment on 64 bit architectures. It that for potentially leaks four bytes kernel stack via the getsockopt() syscall. Add an explicit memset(0) before filling the structure to avoid the info leak.
Signed-off-by: Mathias Krause <[email protected]> Cc: Gerrit Renker <[email protected]> --- net/dccp/ccids/ccid3.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/net/dccp/ccids/ccid3.c b/net/dccp/ccids/ccid3.c index d65e987..119c043 100644 --- a/net/dccp/ccids/ccid3.c +++ b/net/dccp/ccids/ccid3.c @@ -535,6 +535,7 @@ static int ccid3_hc_tx_getsockopt(struct sock *sk, const int optname, int len, case DCCP_SOCKOPT_CCID_TX_INFO: if (len < sizeof(tfrc)) return -EINVAL; + memset(&tfrc, 0, sizeof(tfrc)); tfrc.tfrctx_x = hc->tx_x; tfrc.tfrctx_x_recv = hc->tx_x_recv; tfrc.tfrctx_x_calc = hc->tx_x_calc; -- 1.7.10.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
