[PATCH] synclink: fix info leak in ioctl

[Salva PeirÃ]

The hdlcdev_ioctl() code fails to initialize the two padding bytes of
struct sync_serial_settings after the ->loopback member. Add an explicit
memset(0) before filling the structure to avoid the info leak.

Signed-off-by: Salva Peirà <speiro@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 drivers/tty/synclink.c   |    1 +
 drivers/tty/synclinkmp.c |    1 +
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/tty/synclink.c b/drivers/tty/synclink.c
index 8eaf1ab..50637cd 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/synclink.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/synclink.c
@@ -7866,6 +7866,7 @@ static int hdlcdev_ioctl(struct net_device *dev, struct ifreq *ifr, int cmd)
 					      HDLC_FLAG_TXC_TXCPIN | HDLC_FLAG_TXC_DPLL |
 					      HDLC_FLAG_TXC_BRG    | HDLC_FLAG_TXC_RXCPIN);
 
+		memset(&new_line, 0, sizeof(new_line));
 		switch (flags){
 		case (HDLC_FLAG_RXC_RXCPIN | HDLC_FLAG_TXC_TXCPIN): new_line.clock_type = CLOCK_EXT; break;
 		case (HDLC_FLAG_RXC_BRG    | HDLC_FLAG_TXC_BRG):    new_line.clock_type = CLOCK_INT; break;
diff --git a/drivers/tty/synclinkmp.c b/drivers/tty/synclinkmp.c
index dc6e969..e0b68c5 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/synclinkmp.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/synclinkmp.c
@@ -1766,6 +1766,7 @@ static int hdlcdev_ioctl(struct net_device *dev, struct ifreq *ifr, int cmd)
 					      HDLC_FLAG_TXC_TXCPIN | HDLC_FLAG_TXC_DPLL |
 					      HDLC_FLAG_TXC_BRG    | HDLC_FLAG_TXC_RXCPIN);
 
+		memset(&new_line, 0, sizeof(new_line));
 		switch (flags){
 		case (HDLC_FLAG_RXC_RXCPIN | HDLC_FLAG_TXC_TXCPIN): new_line.clock_type = CLOCK_EXT; break;
 		case (HDLC_FLAG_RXC_BRG    | HDLC_FLAG_TXC_BRG):    new_line.clock_type = CLOCK_INT; break;
--
1.7.10.4


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