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ifconf(): Always zero the whole struct ifreq.
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Authored by brooks on Mar 30 2018, 10:09 PM.
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Summary

The previous split of zeroing ifr_name and ifr_addr seperately is safe
on current architectures, but would be unsafe if pointers were larger
than 8 bytes. Combining the zeroing adds no real cost (a few
instructions) and makes the security property easier to verify.

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