ping: dont leak uninitialized data in ping packets

function                                             old     new   delta
sendping4                                            176     186     +10
sendping6                                             93     100      +7

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/networking/ping.c b/networking/ping.c
index 299148641..c3a71071c 100644
--- a/networking/ping.c
+++ b/networking/ping.c
@@ -372,9 +372,10 @@ static void sendping4(int junk ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
          * *after* packet. Saves one if() */
         struct icmp *pkt = alloca(datalen + ICMP_MINLEN + 4);
 
+        memset(pkt, 0, datalen + ICMP_MINLEN + 4);
         pkt->icmp_type = ICMP_ECHO;
-        pkt->icmp_code = 0;
-        pkt->icmp_cksum = 0;
+        /*pkt->icmp_code = 0;*/
+        /*pkt->icmp_cksum = 0;*/
         pkt->icmp_seq = htons(ntransmitted); /* don't ++ here, it can be a macro */
         pkt->icmp_id = myid;
 
@@ -391,9 +392,10 @@ static void sendping6(int junk ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
 {
         struct icmp6_hdr *pkt = alloca(datalen + sizeof(struct icmp6_hdr) + 4);
 
+        memset(pkt, 0, datalen + sizeof(struct icmp6_hdr) + 4);
         pkt->icmp6_type = ICMP6_ECHO_REQUEST;
-        pkt->icmp6_code = 0;
-        pkt->icmp6_cksum = 0;
+        /*pkt->icmp6_code = 0;*/
+        /*pkt->icmp6_cksum = 0;*/
         pkt->icmp6_seq = htons(ntransmitted); /* don't ++ here, it can be a macro */
         pkt->icmp6_id = myid;