On Mon, 25 Nov 2024 22:16:17 +0100
Javier Carrasco <javier.carrasco.cruz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> The 'data' array is allocated via kmalloc() and it is used to push data
> to user space from a triggered buffer, but it does not set values for
> inactive channels, as it only uses iio_for_each_active_channel()
> to assign new values.
>
> Use kzalloc for the memory allocation to avoid pushing uninitialized
> information to userspace.
>
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Fixes: 415f79244757 ("iio: Move IIO Dummy Driver out of staging")
> Signed-off-by: Javier Carrasco <javier.carrasco.cruz@xxxxxxxxx>
Oops. Got it wrong even in the example driver.
Applied to the fixes-togreg branch of iio.git.
Thanks,
Jonathan
> ---
> drivers/iio/dummy/iio_simple_dummy_buffer.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/iio/dummy/iio_simple_dummy_buffer.c b/drivers/iio/dummy/iio_simple_dummy_buffer.c
> index 4ca3f1aaff99..288880346707 100644
> --- a/drivers/iio/dummy/iio_simple_dummy_buffer.c
> +++ b/drivers/iio/dummy/iio_simple_dummy_buffer.c
> @@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ static irqreturn_t iio_simple_dummy_trigger_h(int irq, void *p)
> int i = 0, j;
> u16 *data;
>
> - data = kmalloc(indio_dev->scan_bytes, GFP_KERNEL);
> + data = kzalloc(indio_dev->scan_bytes, GFP_KERNEL);
> if (!data)
> goto done;
>
>
