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net/appletalk: Fix kernel memory disclosure

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ipddp_route structs contain alignment padding so kernel heap memory
is leaked when they are copied to user space in
ipddp_ioctl(SIOCFINDIPDDPRT). Change kmalloc() to kzalloc() to clear
that memory.

Signed-off-by: Vlad Tsyrklevich <vlad@tsyrklevich.net>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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Vlad Tsyrklevich 2017-01-09 20:57:48 +07:00 committed by David S. Miller
parent b007f09072
commit ce7e40c432
1 changed files with 1 additions and 1 deletions
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drivers/net/appletalk/ipddp.c
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@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ static netdev_tx_t ipddp_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
*/ */
static int ipddp_create(struct ipddp_route *new_rt) static int ipddp_create(struct ipddp_route *new_rt)
{ {
struct ipddp_route *rt = kmalloc(sizeof(*rt), GFP_KERNEL); struct ipddp_route *rt = kzalloc(sizeof(*rt), GFP_KERNEL);
if (rt == NULL) if (rt == NULL)
return -ENOMEM; return -ENOMEM;