1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/compat.c b/kernel/compat.c
index 6d21894806b4..92d8c98c0f57 100644
--- a/kernel/compat.c
+++ b/kernel/compat.c
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ int compat_get_timex(struct timex *txc, const struct compat_timex __user *utp)
 {
         struct compat_timex tx32;
 
+        memset(txc, 0, sizeof(struct timex));
         if (copy_from_user(&tx32, utp, sizeof(struct compat_timex)))
                 return -EFAULT;