ethtool: Use kcalloc instead of kmalloc for ethtool_get_strings
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>
diff --git a/net/core/ethtool.c b/net/core/ethtool.c
index b495ab1..29edf74 100644
--- a/net/core/ethtool.c
+++ b/net/core/ethtool.c
@@ -1284,7 +1284,7 @@
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;