Re: [patch] cciss: info leak in cciss_ioctl32_passthru()

[P J P]

   Hello Dan,
===
diff --git a/drivers/block/cciss.c b/drivers/block/cciss.c
index 6374dc1..34971aa 100644
--- a/drivers/block/cciss.c
+++ b/drivers/block/cciss.c
@@ -1201,6 +1201,7 @@ static int cciss_ioctl32_passthru(struct block_device 
*bdev, fmode_t mode,
 	int err;
 	u32 cp;

+	memset(&arg64, 0, sizeof(arg64));
	...
===

  This exact same patch was included back in 2010 by Mr Vasiliy Kulikov.

 -> https://git.kernel.org/linus/7ab5118d7c2be650bc936894f159dc1c597badae

But there is no entry/log of its reversal. Any idea why was it removed?

Thank you.
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Prasad J Pandit / Red Hat Security Response Team
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