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1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/net/core/skbuff.c b/net/core/skbuff.c
index 4fe605fa6f8..5c459f2b798 100644
--- a/net/core/skbuff.c
+++ b/net/core/skbuff.c
@@ -200,7 +200,9 @@ struct sk_buff *__alloc_skb(unsigned int size, gfp_t gfp_mask,
goto nodata;
/*
- * See comment in sk_buff definition, just before the 'tail' member
+ * Only clear those fields we need to clear, not those that we will
+ * actually initialise below. Hence, don't put any more fields after
+ * the tail pointer in struct sk_buff!
*/
memset(skb, 0, offsetof(struct sk_buff, tail));
skb->truesize = size + sizeof(struct sk_buff);