Structure mtd_info_user is copied to userland with padding byted between "type" and "flags" fields uninitialized. It leads to leaking of contents of kernel stack memory. Signed-off-by: Vasiliy Kulikov <segooon@xxxxxxxxx> --- Compile tested. drivers/mtd/mtdchar.c | 2 +- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/mtd/mtdchar.c b/drivers/mtd/mtdchar.c index 3eff1e5..2a0bc9e 100644 --- a/drivers/mtd/mtdchar.c +++ b/drivers/mtd/mtdchar.c @@ -601,6 +601,7 @@ static int mtd_ioctl(struct file *file, u_int cmd, u_long arg) } case MEMGETINFO: + memset(&info, 0, sizeof(info)); info.type = mtd->type; info.flags = mtd->flags; info.size = mtd->size; @@ -609,7 +610,6 @@ static int mtd_ioctl(struct file *file, u_int cmd, u_long arg) info.oobsize = mtd->oobsize; /* The below fields are obsolete */ info.ecctype = -1; - info.eccsize = 0; if (copy_to_user(argp, &info, sizeof(struct mtd_info_user))) return -EFAULT; break; -- 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
