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block/compat_ioctl.c: do not leak info to user-space

There is a hole in struct hd_geometry, so we have to zero the struct on
stack before copying it to user-space.

Signed-off-by: Cong Wang <amwang@redhat.com>
Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cong Wang 12 years ago
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block/compat_ioctl.c

@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ static int compat_hdio_getgeo(struct gendisk *disk, struct block_device *bdev,
 	if (!disk->fops->getgeo)
 		return -ENOTTY;
 
+	memset(&geo, 0, sizeof(geo));
 	/*
 	 * We need to set the startsect first, the driver may
 	 * want to override it.