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

[Phillip Potter]

On Thu, Apr 01, 2021 at 11:55:50AM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> 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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> Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 
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Dear Geert

Thank you for your review :-)

Regards,
Phil