ubifs_log_start_commit() allocates a buffer with kmalloc(),
this buffer is used to build UBIFS CS and REF nodes, all structure
attributes get set, except for the padding field in the ubifs_ref_node.
That way we leak 28 bytes of kernel memory to the MTD.
Fix it by using kzalloc().
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Fixes: 1e51764a3c2a ("UBIFS: add new flash file system")
Signed-off-by: Richard Weinberger <richard@xxxxxx>
---
fs/ubifs/log.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/fs/ubifs/log.c b/fs/ubifs/log.c
index 7cffa120a750..60d49c6dd470 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/log.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/log.c
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ int ubifs_log_start_commit(struct ubifs_info *c, int *ltail_lnum)
max_len = UBIFS_CS_NODE_SZ + c->jhead_cnt * UBIFS_REF_NODE_SZ;
max_len = ALIGN(max_len, c->min_io_size);
- buf = cs = kmalloc(max_len, GFP_NOFS);
+ buf = cs = kzalloc(max_len, GFP_NOFS);
if (!buf)
return -ENOMEM;
--
2.18.0
