linux-kernel - [PATCH 4.4 08/28] xen/x86/vpmu: Zero struct pt_regs before calling into sample handling code

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Message-Id: <20180927090638.047261704@linuxfoundation.org>
Date:   Thu, 27 Sep 2018 11:06:32 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org, Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>,
        Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>
Subject: [PATCH 4.4 08/28] xen/x86/vpmu: Zero struct pt_regs before calling into sample handling code

4.4-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>

commit 70513d58751d7c6c1a0133557b13089b9f2e3e66 upstream.

Otherwise we may leak kernel stack for events that sample user
registers.

Reported-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>
Reviewed-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>
Signed-off-by: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>
Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>

---
 arch/x86/xen/pmu.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/arch/x86/xen/pmu.c
+++ b/arch/x86/xen/pmu.c
@@ -477,7 +477,7 @@ static void xen_convert_regs(const struc
 irqreturn_t xen_pmu_irq_handler(int irq, void *dev_id)
 {
 	int err, ret = IRQ_NONE;
-	struct pt_regs regs;
+	struct pt_regs regs = {0};
 	const struct xen_pmu_data *xenpmu_data = get_xenpmu_data();
 	uint8_t xenpmu_flags = get_xenpmu_flags();