linux-kernel - Re: [git pull] coredump infoleak fix

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Date:   Thu, 28 May 2020 20:05:55 +0100
From:   Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
To:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        the arch/x86 maintainers <x86@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [git pull] coredump infoleak fix

On Thu, May 28, 2020 at 11:34:38AM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Thu, May 28, 2020 at 12:03 AM Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org> wrote:
> >
> > I'm wondering, shouldn't we also zero-initialize the dump data to
> > begin with? See the patch below (untested).
> 
> I actually got this patch from Andrew today independently due to a
> KMSAN report. Which I'm applying.

It doesn't fix all problems, though - you don't get an infoleak, but
you do get incorrect data...