[PATCH 4.14 042/166] kernel/sys.c: avoid copying possible padding bytes in copy_to_user

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From: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx>

[ Upstream commit 5e1aada08cd19ea652b2d32a250501d09b02ff2e ]

Initialization is not guaranteed to zero padding bytes so use an
explicit memset instead to avoid leaking any kernel content in any
possible padding bytes.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/dfa331c00881d61c8ee51577a082d8bebd61805c.camel@xxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Dan Carpenter <error27@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 kernel/sys.c | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/sys.c b/kernel/sys.c
index ab96b98823473..2e4f017f7c5aa 100644
--- a/kernel/sys.c
+++ b/kernel/sys.c
@@ -1217,11 +1217,13 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE1(uname, struct old_utsname __user *, name)
 
 SYSCALL_DEFINE1(olduname, struct oldold_utsname __user *, name)
 {
-	struct oldold_utsname tmp = {};
+	struct oldold_utsname tmp;
 
 	if (!name)
 		return -EFAULT;
 
+	memset(&tmp, 0, sizeof(tmp));
+
 	down_read(&uts_sem);
 	memcpy(&tmp.sysname, &utsname()->sysname, __OLD_UTS_LEN);
 	memcpy(&tmp.nodename, &utsname()->nodename, __OLD_UTS_LEN);
-- 
2.25.1






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