linux-kernel - [PATCH 4.19 014/287] tty: vt: initialize unicode screen buffer

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Message-Id: <20220823080100.754328246@linuxfoundation.org>
Date:   Tue, 23 Aug 2022 10:23:03 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org,
        syzbot <syzbot+31a641689d43387f05d3@...kaller.appspotmail.com>,
        Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...nel.org>,
        Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@...ove.SAKURA.ne.jp>
Subject: [PATCH 4.19 014/287] tty: vt: initialize unicode screen buffer

From: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@...ove.SAKURA.ne.jp>

commit af77c56aa35325daa2bc2bed5c2ebf169be61b86 upstream.

syzbot reports kernel infoleak at vcs_read() [1], for buffer can be read
immediately after resize operation. Initialize buffer using kzalloc().

  ----------
  #include <fcntl.h>
  #include <unistd.h>
  #include <sys/ioctl.h>
  #include <linux/fb.h>

  int main(int argc, char *argv[])
  {
    struct fb_var_screeninfo var = { };
    const int fb_fd = open("/dev/fb0", 3);
    ioctl(fb_fd, FBIOGET_VSCREENINFO, &var);
    var.yres = 0x21;
    ioctl(fb_fd, FBIOPUT_VSCREENINFO, &var);
    return read(open("/dev/vcsu", O_RDONLY), &var, sizeof(var)) == -1;
  }
  ----------

Link: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=31a641689d43387f05d3 [1]
Cc: stable <stable@...r.kernel.org>
Reported-by: syzbot <syzbot+31a641689d43387f05d3@...kaller.appspotmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...nel.org>
Signed-off-by: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@...ove.SAKURA.ne.jp>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/4ef053cf-e796-fb5e-58b7-3ae58242a4ad@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
---
 drivers/tty/vt/vt.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ static struct uni_screen *vc_uniscr_allo
 	/* allocate everything in one go */
 	memsize = cols * rows * sizeof(char32_t);
 	memsize += rows * sizeof(char32_t *);
-	p = vmalloc(memsize);
+	p = vzalloc(memsize);
 	if (!p)
 		return NULL;