Re: [PATCH] zero-fill colormap in drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcmap.c

From: Geert Uytterhoeven
Date: Thu Apr 01 2021 - 05:57:03 EST


On Thu, Apr 1, 2021 at 12:09 AM Phillip Potter <phil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Use kzalloc() rather than kmalloc() for the dynamically allocated parts
> of the colormap in fb_alloc_cmap_gfp, to prevent a leak of random kernel
> data to userspace under certain circumstances.
>
> Fixes a KMSAN-found infoleak bug reported by syzbot at:
> https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?id=741578659feabd108ad9e06696f0c1f2e69c4b6e
>
> Reported-by: syzbot+47fa9c9c648b765305b9@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Phillip Potter <phil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@xxxxxxxxx>

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

Geert

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