On Thu, Jun 07, 2018 at 06:38:48PM +0300, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: > #syz test: https://github.com/google/kmsan.git/master d2d741e5d1898dfde1a75ea3d29a9a3e2edf0617 > > Subject: vhost: fix info leak > > Fixes: CVE-2018-1118 > Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@xxxxxxxxxx> > --- > diff --git a/drivers/vhost/vhost.c b/drivers/vhost/vhost.c > index f0be5f35ab28..9beefa6ed1ce 100644 > --- a/drivers/vhost/vhost.c > +++ b/drivers/vhost/vhost.c > @@ -2345,6 +2345,9 @@ struct vhost_msg_node *vhost_new_msg(struct vhost_virtqueue *vq, int type) > struct vhost_msg_node *node = kmalloc(sizeof *node, GFP_KERNEL); > if (!node) > return NULL; > + > + /* Make sure all padding within the structure is initialized. */ > + memset(&node->msg, 0, sizeof node->msg); Umm... Maybe kzalloc(), then? You have struct vhost_msg_node { struct vhost_msg msg; struct vhost_virtqueue *vq; struct list_head node; }; and that's what, 68 bytes in msg, then either 4 bytes pointer or 4 bytes padding + 8 bytes pointer, then two pointers? How much does explicit partial memset() save you here? > node->vq = vq; > node->msg.type = type; > return node;
