[PATCH] aoe [1/8]: zero packet data after skb allocation

Zero the data in new socket buffers to prevent leaking information.

Signed-off-by: "Ed L. Cashin" <ecashin@coraid.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>

diff --git a/drivers/block/aoe/aoecmd.c b/drivers/block/aoe/aoecmd.c
index 326ca3876b685f9243aafbea06cfd43c00b654a0..4ab01ce5cf361b73b98e50b5f83a32b4d10afc07 100644 (file)
--- a/drivers/block/aoe/aoecmd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/aoe/aoecmd.c
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ new_skb(struct net_device *if_dev, ulong len)
                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