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SubjectRe: [stable] [patch 1/1] sys_get_thread_area does not clear the returned argument
* blaisorblade@yahoo.it (blaisorblade@yahoo.it) wrote:
>
> From: Blaisorblade <blaisorblade@yahoo.it>
> CC: <stable@kernel.org>
>
> sys_get_thread_area does not memset to 0 its struct user_desc info before
> copying it to user space... since sizeof(struct user_desc) is 16 while the
> actual datas which are filled are only 12 bytes + 9 bits (across the
> bitfields), there is a (small) information leak.
>
> This was already committed to Linus' repository.

Thanks, queued to -stable.
-chris
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