linux-kernel - [PATCH] crypto: hash - initializing memory buffer for keys

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Date:   Fri, 18 Oct 2019 00:04:56 -0500
From:   Kangjie Lu <kjlu@....edu>
To:     kjlu@....edu
Cc:     Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] crypto: hash - initializing memory buffer for keys

"ctx" is uninitialized. To avoid undefined behaviors or memory
disclosures, we better initialize it.

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

diff --git a/crypto/algif_hash.c b/crypto/algif_hash.c
index 178f4cd75ef1..129a124e5056 100644
--- a/crypto/algif_hash.c
+++ b/crypto/algif_hash.c
@@ -433,6 +433,7 @@ static int hash_accept_parent_nokey(void *private, struct sock *sk)
 	ctx = sock_kmalloc(sk, len, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!ctx)
 		return -ENOMEM;
+	memset(ctx, 0, len);
 
 	ctx->result = NULL;
 	ctx->len = len;
-- 
2.17.1