On 12 May 2014 02:32, Willy Tarreau <w@xxxxxx> wrote: > 2.6.32-longterm review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. > > ------------------ > > From: Mathias Krause <minipli@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > [ Upstream commit e727ca82e0e9616ab4844301e6bae60ca7327682 ] > > Initialize event_data for all possible message types to prevent leaking > kernel stack contents to userland (up to 20 bytes). Also set the flags > member of the connector message to 0 to prevent leaking two more stack > bytes this way. > > Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Signed-off-by: Mathias Krause <minipli@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Willy Tarreau <w@xxxxxx> > --- > drivers/connector/cn_proc.c | 16 ++++++++++++++++ > 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/drivers/connector/cn_proc.c b/drivers/connector/cn_proc.c > index 6069790..3a2587a 100644 > --- a/drivers/connector/cn_proc.c > +++ b/drivers/connector/cn_proc.c > [...] > module_init(cn_proc_init); > + memset(&ev->event_data, 0, sizeof(ev->event_data)); > + msg->flags = 0; /* not used */ That last hunk looks bogus. Probably the source of Christoph's compile error. Mathias -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html