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Date:      Wed, 14 Aug 2013 21:51:32 +0000 (UTC)
From:      Michael Tuexen <tuexen@FreeBSD.org>
To:        src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org
Subject:   svn commit: r254338 - head/sys/netinet
Message-ID:  <201308142151.r7ELpWVX061672@svn.freebsd.org>

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Author: tuexen
Date: Wed Aug 14 21:51:32 2013
New Revision: 254338
URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/254338

Log:
  Don't send uninitialized memory (two instances of 4 bytes) in
  every cookie on the wire. This bug was reported in
  https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=905080
  
  MFC after: 3 days

Modified:
  head/sys/netinet/sctp_output.c

Modified: head/sys/netinet/sctp_output.c
==============================================================================
--- head/sys/netinet/sctp_output.c	Wed Aug 14 21:11:26 2013	(r254337)
+++ head/sys/netinet/sctp_output.c	Wed Aug 14 21:51:32 2013	(r254338)
@@ -5406,6 +5406,14 @@ do_a_abort:
 	}
 	SCTP_BUF_LEN(m) = sizeof(struct sctp_init_chunk);
 
+	/*
+	 * We might not overwrite the identification[] completely and on
+	 * some platforms time_entered will contain some padding. Therefore
+	 * zero out the cookie to avoid putting uninitialized memory on the
+	 * wire.
+	 */
+	memset(&stc, 0, sizeof(struct sctp_state_cookie));
+
 	/* the time I built cookie */
 	(void)SCTP_GETTIME_TIMEVAL(&stc.time_entered);
 



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