On Thu, Apr 1, 2021 at 12:09 AM Phillip Potter <[email protected]> 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: [email protected] > Signed-off-by: Phillip Potter <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <[email protected]> Gr{oetje,eeting}s, Geert -- Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- [email protected] In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that. -- Linus Torvalds
