Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751481AbWACV3f (ORCPT ); Tue, 3 Jan 2006 16:29:35 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751484AbWACV3d (ORCPT ); Tue, 3 Jan 2006 16:29:33 -0500 Received: from ns1.coraid.com ([65.14.39.133]:58057 "EHLO coraid.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751483AbWACV33 (ORCPT ); Tue, 3 Jan 2006 16:29:29 -0500 To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org CC: ecashin@coraid.com, Greg K-H Subject: [PATCH 2.6.15-rc7] aoe [1/7]: zero packet data after skb allocation From: "Ed L. Cashin" Date: Tue, 03 Jan 2006 16:05:03 -0500 Message-ID: <87hd8l2fb4.fsf@coraid.com> User-Agent: Gnus/5.110002 (No Gnus v0.2) Emacs/21.3 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 926 Lines: 26 Signed-off-by: "Ed L. Cashin" Zero the data in new socket buffers to prevent leaking information. Index: 2.6.15-rc7-aoe/drivers/block/aoe/aoecmd.c =================================================================== --- 2.6.15-rc7-aoe.orig/drivers/block/aoe/aoecmd.c 2006-01-02 13:35:13.000000000 -0500 +++ 2.6.15-rc7-aoe/drivers/block/aoe/aoecmd.c 2006-01-02 13:35:13.000000000 -0500 @@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ skb->protocol = __constant_htons(ETH_P_AOE); skb->priority = 0; skb_put(skb, len); + memset(skb->head, 0, len); skb->next = skb->prev = NULL; /* tell the network layer not to perform IP checksums -- Ed L. Cashin - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/