linux-kernel - [PATCH] fix infoleak in fcntl

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Message-Id: <1462307649-5833-1-git-send-email-kjlu@gatech.edu>
Date:	Tue,  3 May 2016 16:34:09 -0400
From:	Kangjie Lu <kangjielu@...il.com>
To:	jlayton@...chiereds.net
Cc:	bfields@...ldses.org, viro@...iv.linux.org.uk,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	taesoo@...ech.edu, insu@...ech.edu, Kangjie Lu <kjlu@...ech.edu>
Subject: [PATCH] fix infoleak in fcntl

The stack object “si” has a total size of 128 bytes; however, only
16 bytes are initialized. The remaining uninitialized bytes are
sent to userland via send_signal.

Signed-off-by: Kangjie Lu <kjlu@...ech.edu>
---
 fs/fcntl.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/fs/fcntl.c b/fs/fcntl.c
index 350a2c8..d06f943 100644
--- a/fs/fcntl.c
+++ b/fs/fcntl.c
@@ -468,6 +468,7 @@ static void send_sigio_to_task(struct task_struct *p,
 			   delivered even if we can't queue.  Failure to
 			   queue in this case _should_ be reported; we fall
 			   back to SIGIO in that case. --sct */
+			memset(&si, 0, sizeof(si));
 			si.si_signo = signum;
 			si.si_errno = 0;
 		        si.si_code  = reason;
-- 
1.9.1