[ 3.8.y.z extended stable ] Patch "net_sched: Fix stack info leak in cbq_dump_wrr()." has been added to staging queue

[Kamal Mostafa]

This is a note to let you know that I have just added a patch titled

    net_sched: Fix stack info leak in cbq_dump_wrr().

to the linux-3.8.y-queue branch of the 3.8.y.z extended stable tree 
which can be found at:

 http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git?p=ubuntu/linux.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/linux-3.8.y-queue

This patch is scheduled to be released in version 3.8.13.7.

If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to this tree, please 
reply to this email.

For more information about the 3.8.y.z tree, see
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/Dev/ExtendedStable

Thanks.
-Kamal

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>From a5279f9d200f3c48524986f6b0b5205324ae822d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "David S. Miller" <davem at davemloft.net>
Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2013 00:16:21 -0700
Subject: net_sched: Fix stack info leak in cbq_dump_wrr().

[ Upstream commit a0db856a95a29efb1c23db55c02d9f0ff4f0db48 ]

Make sure the reserved fields, and padding (if any), are
fully initialized.

Based upon a patch by Dan Carpenter and feedback from
Joe Perches.

Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem at davemloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Kamal Mostafa <kamal at canonical.com>
---
 net/sched/sch_cbq.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/net/sched/sch_cbq.c b/net/sched/sch_cbq.c
index ced81a1..27cedc1 100644
--- a/net/sched/sch_cbq.c
+++ b/net/sched/sch_cbq.c
@@ -1468,6 +1468,7 @@ static int cbq_dump_wrr(struct sk_buff *skb, struct cbq_class *cl)
 	unsigned char *b = skb_tail_pointer(skb);
 	struct tc_cbq_wrropt opt;

+	memset(&opt, 0, sizeof(opt));
 	opt.flags = 0;
 	opt.allot = cl->allot;
 	opt.priority = cl->priority + 1;
--
1.8.1.2