Issue #7834: Fix connect() of Bluetooth L2CAP sockets with recent versions
of the Linux kernel. Patch by Yaniv Aknin.
diff --git a/Misc/ACKS b/Misc/ACKS
index 0bb62ae..af6a7be 100644
--- a/Misc/ACKS
+++ b/Misc/ACKS
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
Jim Ahlstrom
Farhan Ahmad
Nir Aides
+Yaniv Aknin
Jyrki Alakuijala
Billy G. Allie
Kevin Altis
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 1f584f4..470c07c 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@
Library
-------
+- Issue #7834: Fix connect() of Bluetooth L2CAP sockets with recent versions
+ of the Linux kernel. Patch by Yaniv Aknin.
+
- Issue #6312: Fixed http HEAD request when the transfer encoding is chunked.
It should correctly return an empty response now.
diff --git a/Modules/socketmodule.c b/Modules/socketmodule.c
index 901cb7d..0625acb 100644
--- a/Modules/socketmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/socketmodule.c
@@ -1326,6 +1326,7 @@
char *straddr;
addr = (struct sockaddr_l2 *)addr_ret;
+ memset(addr, 0, sizeof(struct sockaddr_l2));
_BT_L2_MEMB(addr, family) = AF_BLUETOOTH;
if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "si", &straddr,
&_BT_L2_MEMB(addr, psm))) {