[PATCH 02/14] atm: fix info leak via getsockname()

From: Mathias Krause
Date: Wed Aug 15 2012 - 17:37:32 EST


The ATM code fails to initialize the two padding bytes of struct
sockaddr_atmpvc inserted for alignment. Add an explicit memset(0)
before filling the structure to avoid the info leak.

Signed-off-by: Mathias Krause <minipli@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
net/atm/pvc.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/net/atm/pvc.c b/net/atm/pvc.c
index 3a73491..ae03240 100644
--- a/net/atm/pvc.c
+++ b/net/atm/pvc.c
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ static int pvc_getname(struct socket *sock, struct sockaddr *sockaddr,
return -ENOTCONN;
*sockaddr_len = sizeof(struct sockaddr_atmpvc);
addr = (struct sockaddr_atmpvc *)sockaddr;
+ memset(addr, 0, sizeof(*addr));
addr->sap_family = AF_ATMPVC;
addr->sap_addr.itf = vcc->dev->number;
addr->sap_addr.vpi = vcc->vpi;
--
1.7.10.4

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