linux-kernel - [PATCH 3.16 088/328] udl-kms: fix crash due to uninitialized memory

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Date:   Sun, 09 Dec 2018 21:50:33 +0000
From:   Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
CC:     akpm@...ux-foundation.org, "Mikulas Patocka" <mpatocka@...hat.com>,
        "Dave Airlie" <airlied@...hat.com>
Subject: [PATCH 3.16 088/328] udl-kms: fix crash due to uninitialized memory

3.16.62-rc1 review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@...hat.com>

commit 09a00abe3a9941c2715ca83eb88172cd2f54d8fd upstream.

We must use kzalloc when allocating the fb_deferred_io structure.
Otherwise, the field first_io is undefined and it causes a crash.

Signed-off-by: Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@...hat.com>
Signed-off-by: Dave Airlie <airlied@...hat.com>
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
---
 drivers/gpu/drm/udl/udl_fb.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/udl/udl_fb.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/udl/udl_fb.c
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ static int udl_fb_open(struct fb_info *i
 
 		struct fb_deferred_io *fbdefio;
 
-		fbdefio = kmalloc(sizeof(struct fb_deferred_io), GFP_KERNEL);
+		fbdefio = kzalloc(sizeof(struct fb_deferred_io), GFP_KERNEL);
 
 		if (fbdefio) {
 			fbdefio->delay = DL_DEFIO_WRITE_DELAY;