linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/2] Fix info leaks on export for udf and isofs

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Message-ID: <20120713121009.GA20361@quack.suse.cz>
Date:	Fri, 13 Jul 2012 14:10:09 +0200
From:	Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
To:	Mathias Krause <minipli@...glemail.com>
Cc:	Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>, Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] Fix info leaks on export for udf and isofs

On Thu 12-07-12 08:46:53, Mathias Krause wrote:
> Al, Jan,
> 
> this patch set fixes info leaks in isofs and udf. Both file systems fail to
> initialize all bytes of the f_handle byte array when creating a handle for a
> path pointing to a directory. This memory gets copied to userland and that for
> is a leak of uninitialized heap data to userland that should be fixed.
> 
> This info leak can be triggered locally by using the name_to_handle_at()
> syscall.
  Thanks! I've merged both patches into my tree.

							Honza
-- 
Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
SUSE Labs, CR
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