From: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@xxxxxxxxxx> Flags (PIPE_BUF_FLAG_PACKET, PIPE_BUF_FLAG_GIFT) could remain on the unused part of the pipe ring buffer. Previously splice_to_pipe() left the flags value alone, which could result in incorrect behavior. Uninitialized flags appears to have been there from the introduction of the splice syscall. Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> # 2.6.17+ --- fs/splice.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) --- a/fs/splice.c +++ b/fs/splice.c @@ -204,6 +204,7 @@ ssize_t splice_to_pipe(struct pipe_inode buf->len = spd->partial[page_nr].len; buf->private = spd->partial[page_nr].private; buf->ops = spd->ops; + buf->flags = 0; pipe->nrbufs++; page_nr++;