Re: CVE-2014-9900 fix is not upstream

[Johannes Berg]

> struct ethtool_wolinfo {
> ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ__u32ÂÂÂcmd;
> ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ__u32ÂÂÂsupported;
> ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ__u32ÂÂÂwolopts;
> ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ__u8ÂÂÂÂsopass[SOPASS_MAX];ÂÂÂÂÂ// 6, actually
> };
> 
> we could do
> 
> struct ethtool_wolinfo {
> ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ__u32ÂÂÂcmd;
> ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ__u32ÂÂÂsupported;
> ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ__u32ÂÂÂwolopts;
> ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ__u8ÂÂÂÂsopass[SOPASS_MAX];ÂÂÂÂÂ// 6, actually
> 	__u8	reserved[2];
> };
> 
> and then the compiler has to properly treat it, since it's no longer
> unnamed padding.
> 

Although, on some architectures, that could actually break the ABI by
changing the size, oh well.

johannes