Avoid sending a partially initialised `siginfo_t' structure along SIGFPE signals issued from `do_ov' and `do_trap_or_bp', leading to information leaking from the kernel stack. Signed-off-by: Maciej W. Rozycki <macro@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx --- linux-mips-sig-info-leak.diff Index: linux-sfr-test/arch/mips/kernel/traps.c =================================================================== --- linux-sfr-test.orig/arch/mips/kernel/traps.c 2016-03-03 13:34:47.454048000 +0000 +++ linux-sfr-test/arch/mips/kernel/traps.c 2016-03-04 00:56:37.858781000 +0000 @@ -690,15 +690,15 @@ static int simulate_sync(struct pt_regs asmlinkage void do_ov(struct pt_regs *regs) { enum ctx_state prev_state; - siginfo_t info; + siginfo_t info = { + .si_signo = SIGFPE, + .si_code = FPE_INTOVF, + .si_addr = (void __user *)regs->cp0_epc, + }; prev_state = exception_enter(); die_if_kernel("Integer overflow", regs); - info.si_code = FPE_INTOVF; - info.si_signo = SIGFPE; - info.si_errno = 0; - info.si_addr = (void __user *) regs->cp0_epc; force_sig_info(SIGFPE, &info, current); exception_exit(prev_state); } @@ -874,7 +874,7 @@ asmlinkage void do_fpe(struct pt_regs *r void do_trap_or_bp(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned int code, const char *str) { - siginfo_t info; + siginfo_t info = { 0 }; char b[40]; #ifdef CONFIG_KGDB_LOW_LEVEL_TRAP @@ -903,7 +903,6 @@ void do_trap_or_bp(struct pt_regs *regs, else info.si_code = FPE_INTOVF; info.si_signo = SIGFPE; - info.si_errno = 0; info.si_addr = (void __user *) regs->cp0_epc; force_sig_info(SIGFPE, &info, current); break;