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

- From: Phillip Potter \<phil@philpotter.co.uk\>
- Date: 2021-03-31 22:08:15 
- List: linux-fbdev
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-fbdev/2021/03/6323230
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/dri-devel/2021/03/6323230/t.md

```text
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: <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Phillip Potter <phil@philpotter.co.uk>
---
 drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcmap.c | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcmap.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcmap.c
index 757d5c3f620b..ff09e57f3c38 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcmap.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcmap.c
@@ -101,17 +101,17 @@ int fb_alloc_cmap_gfp(struct fb_cmap *cmap, int len, int transp, gfp_t flags)
 		if (!len)
 			return 0;
 
-		cmap->red = kmalloc(size, flags);
+		cmap->red = kzalloc(size, flags);
 		if (!cmap->red)
 			goto fail;
-		cmap->green = kmalloc(size, flags);
+		cmap->green = kzalloc(size, flags);
 		if (!cmap->green)
 			goto fail;
-		cmap->blue = kmalloc(size, flags);
+		cmap->blue = kzalloc(size, flags);
 		if (!cmap->blue)
 			goto fail;
 		if (transp) {
-			cmap->transp = kmalloc(size, flags);
+			cmap->transp = kzalloc(size, flags);
 			if (!cmap->transp)
 				goto fail;
 		} else {
-- 
2.30.2

```