[PATCH] fix 2 byte data leak due to padding

1bb902d8 · Alan Cox · Linus Torvalds · d9699f17 · 1bb902d8
Commit 1bb902d8 authored Jul 31, 2003 by Alan Cox Committed by Linus Torvalds Jul 31, 2003
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fs/stat.c fs/stat.c +2 -1

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--- a/fs/stat.c
+++ b/fs/stat.c
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ static int cp_old_stat(struct kstat *stat, struct __old_kernel_stat __user * sta
 {
 	static int warncount = 5;
 	struct __old_kernel_stat tmp;
 	if (warncount > 0) {
 		warncount--;
 		printk(KERN_WARNING "VFS: Warning: %s using old stat() call. Recompile your binary.\n",
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@ static int cp_old_stat(struct kstat *stat, struct __old_kernel_stat __user * sta
 		warncount = 0;
 	}
+	memset(&tmp, 0, sizeof(struct __old_kernel_stat));
 	tmp.st_dev = stat->dev;
 	tmp.st_ino = stat->ino;
 	tmp.st_mode = stat->mode;