On Tue, Oct 31, 2017 at 09:14:45AM -0700, Kees Cook wrote: > diff --git a/net/socket.c b/net/socket.c > index c729625eb5d3..34183f4fbdf8 100644 > --- a/net/socket.c > +++ b/net/socket.c > @@ -2188,6 +2188,7 @@ static int ___sys_recvmsg(struct socket *sock, struct > user_msghdr __user *msg, > struct sockaddr __user *uaddr; > int __user *uaddr_len = COMPAT_NAMELEN(msg); > > + memset(&addr, 0, sizeof(addr)); > msg_sys->msg_name = &addr;
Isn't this going to cause a performance hit in the fast path ? Just checking, I have not read the whole code with the patch in its context. Willy
