linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] proc: Fix uninitialized byte read in get_mm

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Date:   Fri, 12 Jul 2019 18:36:26 +0200
From:   Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
To:     Alexey Izbyshev <izbyshev@...ras.ru>
Cc:     Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
        security@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] proc: Fix uninitialized byte read in get_mm_cmdline()

On 07/12, Alexey Izbyshev wrote:
>
> --- a/fs/proc/base.c
> +++ b/fs/proc/base.c
> @@ -275,6 +275,8 @@ static ssize_t get_mm_cmdline(struct mm_struct *mm, char __user *buf,
>  		if (got <= offset)
>  			break;
>  		got -= offset;
> +		if (got < size)
> +			size = got;

Acked-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>