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ethtool: Use kcalloc instead of kmalloc for ethtool_get_strings

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It seems that kernel memory can leak into userspace by a
kmalloc, ethtool_get_strings, then copy_to_user sequence.

Avoid this by using kcalloc to zero fill the copied buffer.

Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Acked-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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Joe Perches 2015-10-14 01:09:40 -07:00 committed by David S. Miller
parent ef41a2cedb
commit 077cb37fcf
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@ -1284,7 +1284,7 @@ static int ethtool_get_strings(struct net_device *dev, void __user *useraddr)
gstrings.len = ret;
data = kmalloc(gstrings.len * ETH_GSTRING_LEN, GFP_USER);
data = kcalloc(gstrings.len, ETH_GSTRING_LEN, GFP_USER);
if (!data)
return -ENOMEM;