[PATCH 4.14 16/29] misc: vmw_vmci: fix kernel info-leak by initializing dbells in vmci_ctx_get_chkpt_doorbells()

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From: Anant Thazhemadam <anant.thazhemadam@xxxxxxxxx>

commit 31dcb6c30a26d32650ce134820f27de3c675a45a upstream.

A kernel-infoleak was reported by syzbot, which was caused because
dbells was left uninitialized.
Using kzalloc() instead of kmalloc() fixes this issue.

Reported-by: syzbot+a79e17c39564bedf0930@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Tested-by: syzbot+a79e17c39564bedf0930@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Anant Thazhemadam <anant.thazhemadam@xxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20201122224534.333471-1-anant.thazhemadam@xxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

---
 drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_context.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_context.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_context.c
@@ -751,7 +751,7 @@ static int vmci_ctx_get_chkpt_doorbells(
 			return VMCI_ERROR_MORE_DATA;
 		}
 
-		dbells = kmalloc(data_size, GFP_ATOMIC);
+		dbells = kzalloc(data_size, GFP_ATOMIC);
 		if (!dbells)
 			return VMCI_ERROR_NO_MEM;
 





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