linux-kernel - [PATCH] fbdev: potential information leak in do_fb

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Date:   Tue, 29 Oct 2019 21:23:20 +0300
From:   Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
To:     Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@...sung.com>,
        Andrea Righi <righi.andrea@...il.com>
Cc:     Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@...ll.ch>,
        Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>,
        Maarten Lankhorst <maarten.lankhorst@...ux.intel.com>,
        Peter Rosin <peda@...ntia.se>,
        Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@...hat.com>,
        dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org, linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        security@...nel.org, Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@...6.fr>
Subject: [PATCH] fbdev: potential information leak in do_fb_ioctl()

The "fix" struct has a 2 byte hole after ->ywrapstep and the
"fix = info->fix;" assignment doesn't necessarily clear it.  It depends
on the compiler.

Fixes: 1f5e31d7e55a ("fbmem: don't call copy_from/to_user() with mutex held")
Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
---
I have 13 more similar places to patch...  I'm not totally sure I
understand all the issues involved.

 drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c
index 6f6fc785b545..b4ce6a28aed9 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c
@@ -1109,6 +1109,7 @@ static long do_fb_ioctl(struct fb_info *info, unsigned int cmd,
 			ret = -EFAULT;
 		break;
 	case FBIOGET_FSCREENINFO:
+		memset(&fix, 0, sizeof(fix));
 		lock_fb_info(info);
 		fix = info->fix;
 		if (info->flags & FBINFO_HIDE_SMEM_START)
-- 
2.20.1