13c589d5b0ac ("sysfs: use seq_file when reading regular files")
switched sysfs from custom read implementation to seq_file to enable
later transition to kernfs. After the change, the buffer passed to
->show() is acquired through seq_get_buf(); unfortunately, this
introduces a subtle behavior change. Before the commit, the buffer
passed to ->show() was always zero as it was allocated using
get_zeroed_page(). Because seq_file doesn't clear buffers on
allocation and neither does seq_get_buf(), after the commit, depending
on the behavior of ->show(), we may end up exposing uninitialized data
to userland thus possibly altering userland visible behavior and
leaking information.
Fix it by explicitly clearing the buffer.
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <t...@kernel.org>
Reported-by: Ron <r...@debian.org>
Fixes: 13c589d5b0ac ("sysfs: use seq_file when reading regular files")
---
fs/sysfs/file.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/file.c b/fs/sysfs/file.c
index 28cc1acd..e9ef59b 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/file.c
@@ -47,12 +47,13 @@ static int sysfs_kf_seq_show(struct seq_file *sf, void *v)
ssize_t count;
char *buf;
- /* acquire buffer and ensure that it's >= PAGE_SIZE */
+ /* acquire buffer and ensure that it's >= PAGE_SIZE and clear */
count = seq_get_buf(sf, &buf);
if (count < PAGE_SIZE) {
seq_commit(sf, -1);
return 0;
}
+ memset(buf, 0, PAGE_SIZE);
/*
* Invoke show(). Control may reach here via seq file lseek even
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