Structure par_timeout is copied to userland with some padding fields unitialized. Field tv_usec has type __kernel_suseconds_t, it differs from tv_sec's type on some architectures. It leads to leaking of stack memory. Signed-off-by: Vasiliy Kulikov <segooon@xxxxxxxxx> --- Compile tested. drivers/char/ppdev.c | 1 + 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/char/ppdev.c b/drivers/char/ppdev.c index 723152d..f176dba 100644 --- a/drivers/char/ppdev.c +++ b/drivers/char/ppdev.c @@ -613,6 +613,7 @@ static int pp_do_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg) case PPGETTIME: to_jiffies = pp->pdev->timeout; + memset(&par_timeout, 0, sizeof(par_timeout)); par_timeout.tv_sec = to_jiffies / HZ; par_timeout.tv_usec = (to_jiffies % (long)HZ) * (1000000/HZ); if (copy_to_user (argp, &par_timeout, sizeof(struct timeval))) -- 1.7.0.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kernel-janitors" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
