linux-kernel - Re: [Linux-kernel-mentees] [PATCH v2] media/v4l2-core: Fix kernel-infoleak in video_put

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Date:   Sun, 26 Jul 2020 18:16:58 -0400
From:   Peilin Ye <yepeilin.cs@...il.com>
To:     Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@...asonboard.com>
Cc:     Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...nel.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        syzkaller-bugs@...glegroups.com,
        Hans Verkuil <hverkuil-cisco@...all.nl>,
        Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@...ux.intel.com>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Vandana BN <bnvandana@...il.com>,
        Ezequiel Garcia <ezequiel@...labora.com>,
        Niklas Söderlund 
        <niklas.soderlund+renesas@...natech.se>,
        linux-kernel-mentees@...ts.linuxfoundation.org,
        linux-media@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [Linux-kernel-mentees] [PATCH v2] media/v4l2-core: Fix
 kernel-infoleak in video_put_user()

On Mon, Jul 27, 2020 at 01:10:56AM +0300, Laurent Pinchart wrote:
> Hi Peilin,
> 
> Thank you for the patch.
> 
> On Sun, Jul 26, 2020 at 06:05:57PM -0400, Peilin Ye wrote:
> > video_put_user() is copying uninitialized stack memory to userspace. Fix
> > it by initializing `ev32` and `vb32` using memset().
> 
> How about mentioning that this is caused by the compiler not
> initializing the holes ? Maybe something along the lines of
> 
> video_put_user() is copying uninitialized stack memory to userspace due
> to the compiler not initializing holes in the structures declared on the
> stack. Fix it by initializing the structures using memset().
> 
> Reviewed-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@...asonboard.com>

I see, that makes sense. I will send a v3.

Thank you,
Peilin Ye