linux-kernel - [40/74] char/tpm: Fix unitialized usage of data buffer

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Message-Id: <20110413155147.243216238@clark.kroah.org>
Date:	Wed, 13 Apr 2011 08:51:04 -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,
	Peter Huewe <huewe.external@...ineon.com>,
	Marcel Selhorst <m.selhorst@...rix.com>
Subject: [40/74] char/tpm: Fix unitialized usage of data buffer

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

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From: Peter Huewe <huewe.external.infineon@...glemail.com>

commit 1309d7afbed112f0e8e90be9af975550caa0076b upstream.

This patch fixes information leakage to the userspace by initializing
the data buffer to zero.

Reported-by: Peter Huewe <huewe.external@...ineon.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Huewe <huewe.external@...ineon.com>
Signed-off-by: Marcel Selhorst <m.selhorst@...rix.com>
[ Also removed the silly "* sizeof(u8)".  If that isn't 1, we have way
  deeper problems than a simple multiplication can fix.   - Linus ]
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>

---
 drivers/char/tpm/tpm.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm.c
+++ b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm.c
@@ -969,7 +969,7 @@ int tpm_open(struct inode *inode, struct
 		return -EBUSY;
 	}

-	chip->data_buffer = kmalloc(TPM_BUFSIZE * sizeof(u8), GFP_KERNEL);
+	chip->data_buffer = kzalloc(TPM_BUFSIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (chip->data_buffer == NULL) {
 		clear_bit(0, &chip->is_open);
 		put_device(chip->dev);

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