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

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Message-ID: <5a6f05cef45dbb4f77008b36d7a63b429f1519ec.camel@perches.com>
Date:   Tue, 29 Oct 2019 11:35:55 -0700
From:   Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:     Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>,
        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: Re: [PATCH] fbdev: potential information leak in do_fb_ioctl()

On Tue, 2019-10-29 at 21:23 +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> 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.
[]
> diff --git 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)

Perhaps better to change the struct copy to a memcpy
---
 drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c
index e6a1c80..364699 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c
@@ -1110,7 +1110,7 @@ static long do_fb_ioctl(struct fb_info *info, unsigned int cmd,
 		break;
 	case FBIOGET_FSCREENINFO:
 		lock_fb_info(info);
-		fix = info->fix;
+		memcpy(&fix, &info->fix, sizeof(fix));
 		if (info->flags & FBINFO_HIDE_SMEM_START)
 			fix.smem_start = 0;
 		unlock_fb_info(info);