Public bug reported:

[Impact]

Initialize memory of request offers message to be sent to the host so
padding or uninitialized fields do not leak guest memory contents.

Patch:

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/hyperv/linux.git/commit/?h=hyperv-
next

[Test case]

Testing the information leakage to the host is not viable, but since the
patch the vmbus layer that affects all the hyper-v drivers, a boot test
on Hyper-V and on Azure should be enough to validate the patch,
considering how small the change is.

[Potential regression]

The change is very restricted, but on an eventual regression it might
affect any of the hyperv guest drivers.

** Affects: linux-azure-cvm (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Affects: linux-azure-cvm (Ubuntu Focal)
     Importance: Undecided
     Assignee: Marcelo Cerri (mhcerri)
         Status: In Progress

** Also affects: linux-azure-cvm (Ubuntu Focal)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Changed in: linux-azure-cvm (Ubuntu Focal)
       Status: New => In Progress

** Changed in: linux-azure-cvm (Ubuntu Focal)
     Assignee: (unassigned) => Marcelo Cerri (mhcerri)

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  linux-azure-cvm: Avoid leaking guest memory when communicating with
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