This variable only needs initialization when cmsgs.info
is NULL.
Use memset to ensure padding is also zeroed so
kernel doesn't leak any data.
Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
On Thu, 2011-05-12 at 17:06 -0400, David Miller wrote:
From: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Thu, 12 May 2011 12:19:09 -0700
> > This variable only needs initialization when cmsgs.info
> > is NULL.
> > Don't use memset, just initialize every struct member.
> > Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> I don't think you do this, this structure has padding holes on pretty
> much every architecture.
> It starts with 3 u16's, then there is a u32, so there is a 2-byte
> piece of padding after the 3rd u16.
> Can you prove that these uninitialized portions never make it to
> userspace? If you can, that proof belongs in the commit message.
Thanks David. I didn't notice it went to userspace.
> I think it's too risky.
It is. I like memset.
The current initialization isn't guaranteed by c90 standard
to zero all padding either. In practice it does though.
The idea was to avoid doing a (non-memset) struct foo bar = {}
when unnecessary for every packet as it's only needed when
cmsgs.info is NULL.
net/sctp/socket.c | 3 ++-
1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/sctp/socket.c b/net/sctp/socket.c
index 33d9ee6..d4b8db1 100644
--- a/net/sctp/socket.c
+++ b/net/sctp/socket.c
@@ -1496,7 +1496,7 @@ SCTP_STATIC int sctp_sendmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct sock *sk,
struct sctp_chunk *chunk;
union sctp_addr to;
struct sockaddr *msg_name = NULL;
- struct sctp_sndrcvinfo default_sinfo = { 0 };
+ struct sctp_sndrcvinfo default_sinfo;
struct sctp_sndrcvinfo *sinfo;
struct sctp_initmsg *sinit;
sctp_assoc_t associd = 0;
@@ -1760,6 +1760,7 @@ SCTP_STATIC int sctp_sendmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct sock *sk,
/* If the user didn't specify SNDRCVINFO, make up one with
* some defaults.
*/
+ memset(&default_sinfo, 0, sizeof(default_sinfo));
default_sinfo.sinfo_stream = asoc->default_stream;
default_sinfo.sinfo_flags = asoc->default_flags;
default_sinfo.sinfo_ppid = asoc->default_ppid;
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