From: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> commit af77c56aa35325daa2bc2bed5c2ebf169be61b86 upstream. syzbot reports kernel infoleak at vcs_read() [1], for buffer can be read immediately after resize operation. Initialize buffer using kzalloc(). ---------- #include <fcntl.h> #include <unistd.h> #include <sys/ioctl.h> #include <linux/fb.h> int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { struct fb_var_screeninfo var = { }; const int fb_fd = open("/dev/fb0", 3); ioctl(fb_fd, FBIOGET_VSCREENINFO, &var); var.yres = 0x21; ioctl(fb_fd, FBIOPUT_VSCREENINFO, &var); return read(open("/dev/vcsu", O_RDONLY), &var, sizeof(var)) == -1; } ---------- Link: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=31a641689d43387f05d3 [1] Cc: stable <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Reported-by: syzbot <syzbot+31a641689d43387f05d3@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/4ef053cf-e796-fb5e-58b7-3ae58242a4ad@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/tty/vt/vt.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c +++ b/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c @@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ static struct uni_screen *vc_uniscr_allo /* allocate everything in one go */ memsize = cols * rows * sizeof(char32_t); memsize += rows * sizeof(char32_t *); - p = vmalloc(memsize); + p = vzalloc(memsize); if (!p) return NULL;