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Aprove: M_ZERO cyg_net_malloc flag
- From: Andrew Lunn <andrew dot lunn at ascom dot ch>
- To: eCos Maintainers <ecos-maintainers at sources dot redhat dot com>
- Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2003 09:51:23 +0200
- Subject: Aprove: M_ZERO cyg_net_malloc flag
Aprovel request for the 2.0 branch:
Name: M_ZERO flag for cyg_net_malloc()
Purpose: The bsd_tcpip MALLOC macro can pass the flag
M_ZERO. cyg_net_malloc ignores this so leaving random junk in the
memory returned. This can then cause calls like getpeername and
getsockname to return sockaddr with junk in there tails. When such a
sockaddr is then passed back into the stack with a bind call, the bind
fails because of the junk.
Risk: Small.
Affected packages: bsd_tcpip and anything depending on it.
Andrew
Index: packages/net/bsd_tcpip//current/ChangeLog
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/ecos/ecos-opt/net/net/bsd_tcpip/current/ChangeLog,v
retrieving revision 1.17.2.1
diff -u -r1.17.2.1 ChangeLog
--- packages/net/bsd_tcpip//current/ChangeLog 14 Mar 2003 13:44:37 -0000 1.17.2.1
+++ packages/net/bsd_tcpip//current/ChangeLog 29 Apr 2003 07:46:10 -0000
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2003-04-29 Andrew Lunn <andrew dot lunn at ascom dot ch>
+
+ * src/ecos/support.c (cyg_net_malloc): Honour the M_ZERO
+ flag. Otherwise we get random junk in places we don't want it.
+
2003-03-14 Andrew Lunn <andrew dot lunn at ascom dot ch>
* src/sys/net/if.c (if_attach): Removed printf which causes the
Index: packages/net/bsd_tcpip//current/src/ecos/support.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/ecos/ecos-opt/net/net/bsd_tcpip/current/src/ecos/support.c,v
retrieving revision 1.4
diff -u -r1.4 support.c
--- packages/net/bsd_tcpip//current/src/ecos/support.c 3 Dec 2002 17:22:46 -0000 1.4
+++ packages/net/bsd_tcpip//current/src/ecos/support.c 29 Apr 2003 07:46:11 -0000
@@ -201,6 +201,9 @@
} else {
res = cyg_mempool_var_alloc(net_mem, size);
}
+ if ((flags & M_ZERO) && res) {
+ memset(res,0,size);
+ }
FINISH_STATS(stats_malloc);
log(LOG_MDEBUG, "%p\n", res);
return (res);