The patch below does not apply to the 4.4-stable tree. If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit id to <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>. thanks, greg k-h ------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------ >From 13b47cfcfc60495cde216eef4c01040d76174cbe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2017 11:38:02 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] tpm: fix a kernel memory leak in tpm-sysfs.c While cleaning up sysfs callback that prints EK we discovered a kernel memory leak. This commit fixes the issue by zeroing the buffer used for TPM command/response. The leak happen when we use either tpm_vtpm_proxy, tpm_ibmvtpm or xen-tpmfront. Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fixes: 0883743825e3 ("TPM: sysfs functions consolidation") Reported-by: Jason Gunthorpe <jgunthorpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Tested-by: Stefan Berger <stefanb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: James Morris <james.l.morris@xxxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-sysfs.c b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-sysfs.c index 938d03ce30fe..86f38d239476 100644 --- a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-sysfs.c +++ b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-sysfs.c @@ -36,9 +36,10 @@ static ssize_t pubek_show(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr, ssize_t err; int i, rc; char *str = buf; - struct tpm_chip *chip = to_tpm_chip(dev); + memset(&tpm_cmd, 0, sizeof(tpm_cmd)); + tpm_cmd.header.in = tpm_readpubek_header; err = tpm_transmit_cmd(chip, NULL, &tpm_cmd, READ_PUBEK_RESULT_SIZE, READ_PUBEK_RESULT_MIN_BODY_SIZE, 0,