linux-kernel - [40/68] drivers/video/via/ioctl.c: prevent reading uninitialized stack memory

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Date:	Fri, 24 Sep 2010 09:32:04 -0700
From:	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...nel.org
Cc:	stable-review@...nel.org, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk,
	Dan Rosenberg <dan.j.rosenberg@...il.com>,
	Florian Tobias Schandinat <FlorianSchandinat@....de>
Subject: [40/68] drivers/video/via/ioctl.c: prevent reading uninitialized stack memory

2.6.32-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let us know.

------------------

From: Dan Rosenberg <drosenberg@...curity.com>

commit b4aaa78f4c2f9cde2f335b14f4ca30b01f9651ca upstream.

The VIAFB_GET_INFO device ioctl allows unprivileged users to read 246
bytes of uninitialized stack memory, because the "reserved" member of
the viafb_ioctl_info struct declared on the stack is not altered or
zeroed before being copied back to the user.  This patch takes care of
it.

Signed-off-by: Dan Rosenberg <dan.j.rosenberg@...il.com>
Signed-off-by: Florian Tobias Schandinat <FlorianSchandinat@....de>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>

---
 drivers/video/via/ioctl.c |    2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

--- a/drivers/video/via/ioctl.c
+++ b/drivers/video/via/ioctl.c
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ int viafb_ioctl_get_viafb_info(u_long ar
 {
 	struct viafb_ioctl_info viainfo;
 
+	memset(&viainfo, 0, sizeof(struct viafb_ioctl_info));
+
 	viainfo.viafb_id = VIAID;
 	viainfo.vendor_id = PCI_VIA_VENDOR_ID;
 


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