linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/2] tty: wipe buffer if not echoing data

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Date:   Tue,  2 Oct 2018 10:17:08 -0700
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     linux-serial@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, jslaby@...e.com, aszlig@....build,
        gmazyland@...il.com, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, w@....eu,
        Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] tty: wipe buffer if not echoing data

From: Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>

If we are not echoing the data to userspace, then perhaps it is a
"secret" so we should wipe it once we are done with it.

This mirrors the logic that the audit code has.

Reported-by: aszlig <aszlig@....build>
Tested-by: Milan Broz <gmazyland@...il.com>
Tested-by: aszlig <aszlig@....build>
Cc: Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
---
 drivers/tty/n_tty.c | 20 +++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/tty/n_tty.c b/drivers/tty/n_tty.c
index 431742201709..d259a6585dbe 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/n_tty.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/n_tty.c
@@ -152,17 +152,28 @@ static inline unsigned char *echo_buf_addr(struct n_tty_data *ldata, size_t i)
 	return &ldata->echo_buf[i & (N_TTY_BUF_SIZE - 1)];
 }
 
+/* If we are not echoing the data, perhaps this is a secret so erase it */
+static void zero_buffer(struct tty_struct *tty, u8 *buffer, int size)
+{
+	bool icanon = !!L_ICANON(tty);
+	bool no_echo = !L_ECHO(tty);
+
+	if (icanon && no_echo)
+		memset(buffer, 0x00, size);
+}
+
 static int tty_copy_to_user(struct tty_struct *tty, void __user *to,
 			    size_t tail, size_t n)
 {
 	struct n_tty_data *ldata = tty->disc_data;
 	size_t size = N_TTY_BUF_SIZE - tail;
-	const void *from = read_buf_addr(ldata, tail);
+	void *from = read_buf_addr(ldata, tail);
 	int uncopied;
 
 	if (n > size) {
 		tty_audit_add_data(tty, from, size);
 		uncopied = copy_to_user(to, from, size);
+		zero_buffer(tty, from, size);
 		if (uncopied)
 			return uncopied;
 		to += size;
@@ -171,7 +182,9 @@ static int tty_copy_to_user(struct tty_struct *tty, void __user *to,
 	}
 
 	tty_audit_add_data(tty, from, n);
-	return copy_to_user(to, from, n);
+	uncopied = copy_to_user(to, from, n);
+	zero_buffer(tty, from, n);
+	return uncopied;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -1960,11 +1973,12 @@ static int copy_from_read_buf(struct tty_struct *tty,
 	n = min(head - ldata->read_tail, N_TTY_BUF_SIZE - tail);
 	n = min(*nr, n);
 	if (n) {
-		const unsigned char *from = read_buf_addr(ldata, tail);
+		unsigned char *from = read_buf_addr(ldata, tail);
 		retval = copy_to_user(*b, from, n);
 		n -= retval;
 		is_eof = n == 1 && *from == EOF_CHAR(tty);
 		tty_audit_add_data(tty, from, n);
+		zero_buffer(tty, from, n);
 		smp_store_release(&ldata->read_tail, ldata->read_tail + n);
 		/* Turn single EOF into zero-length read */
 		if (L_EXTPROC(tty) && ldata->icanon && is_eof &&
-- 
2.19.0