The patch below does not apply to the 5.10-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>.
Possible dependencies:
594bc43b4103 ("ext4: fix leaking uninitialized memory in fast-commit journal")
e9f53353e166 ("ext4: remove expensive flush on fast commit")
thanks,
greg k-h
------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------
>From 594bc43b410316d70bb42aeff168837888d96810 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 6 Nov 2022 14:48:37 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] ext4: fix leaking uninitialized memory in fast-commit journal
When space at the end of fast-commit journal blocks is unused, make sure
to zero it out so that uninitialized memory is not leaked to disk.
Fixes: aa75f4d3daae ("ext4: main fast-commit commit path")
Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> # v5.10+
Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20221106224841.279231-4-ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@xxxxxxx>
diff --git a/fs/ext4/fast_commit.c b/fs/ext4/fast_commit.c
index da0c8228cf9c..1e8be0554239 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/fast_commit.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/fast_commit.c
@@ -737,6 +737,9 @@ static u8 *ext4_fc_reserve_space(struct super_block *sb, int len, u32 *crc)
*crc = ext4_chksum(sbi, *crc, tl, EXT4_FC_TAG_BASE_LEN);
if (pad_len > 0)
ext4_fc_memzero(sb, tl + 1, pad_len, crc);
+ /* Don't leak uninitialized memory in the unused last byte. */
+ *((u8 *)(tl + 1) + pad_len) = 0;
+
ext4_fc_submit_bh(sb, false);
ret = jbd2_fc_get_buf(EXT4_SB(sb)->s_journal, &bh);
@@ -793,6 +796,8 @@ static int ext4_fc_write_tail(struct super_block *sb, u32 crc)
dst += sizeof(tail.fc_tid);
tail.fc_crc = cpu_to_le32(crc);
ext4_fc_memcpy(sb, dst, &tail.fc_crc, sizeof(tail.fc_crc), NULL);
+ dst += sizeof(tail.fc_crc);
+ memset(dst, 0, bsize - off); /* Don't leak uninitialized memory. */
ext4_fc_submit_bh(sb, true);
