linux-kernel - [PATCH] net: ethtool: clear heap allocations for ethtool function

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Date:   Wed, 9 Jun 2021 03:34:25 +0100
From:   Austin Kim <austindh.kim@...il.com>
To:     davem@...emloft.net, kuba@...nel.org, gustavoars@...nel.org,
        andrew@...n.ch, bjorn@...nel.org
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        austin.kim@....com, austindh.kim@...il.com
Subject: [PATCH] net: ethtool: clear heap allocations for ethtool function

Several ethtool functions leave heap uncleared (potentially) by
drivers. This will leave the unused portion of heap unchanged and
might copy the full contents back to userspace.

Signed-off-by: Austin Kim <austindh.kim@...il.com>
---
 net/ethtool/ioctl.c | 10 +++++-----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/ethtool/ioctl.c b/net/ethtool/ioctl.c
index 3fa7a394eabf..baa5d10043cb 100644
--- a/net/ethtool/ioctl.c
+++ b/net/ethtool/ioctl.c
@@ -1421,7 +1421,7 @@ static int ethtool_get_any_eeprom(struct net_device *dev, void __user *useraddr,
 	if (eeprom.offset + eeprom.len > total_len)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	data = kmalloc(PAGE_SIZE, GFP_USER);
+	data = kzalloc(PAGE_SIZE, GFP_USER);
 	if (!data)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
@@ -1486,7 +1486,7 @@ static int ethtool_set_eeprom(struct net_device *dev, void __user *useraddr)
 	if (eeprom.offset + eeprom.len > ops->get_eeprom_len(dev))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	data = kmalloc(PAGE_SIZE, GFP_USER);
+	data = kzalloc(PAGE_SIZE, GFP_USER);
 	if (!data)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
@@ -1765,7 +1765,7 @@ static int ethtool_self_test(struct net_device *dev, char __user *useraddr)
 		return -EFAULT;
 
 	test.len = test_len;
-	data = kmalloc_array(test_len, sizeof(u64), GFP_USER);
+	data = kcalloc(test_len, sizeof(u64), GFP_USER);
 	if (!data)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
@@ -2293,7 +2293,7 @@ static int ethtool_get_tunable(struct net_device *dev, void __user *useraddr)
 	ret = ethtool_tunable_valid(&tuna);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
-	data = kmalloc(tuna.len, GFP_USER);
+	data = kzalloc(tuna.len, GFP_USER);
 	if (!data)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	ret = ops->get_tunable(dev, &tuna, data);
@@ -2485,7 +2485,7 @@ static int get_phy_tunable(struct net_device *dev, void __user *useraddr)
 	ret = ethtool_phy_tunable_valid(&tuna);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
-	data = kmalloc(tuna.len, GFP_USER);
+	data = kzalloc(tuna.len, GFP_USER);
 	if (!data)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	if (phy_drv_tunable) {
-- 
2.20.1