Re: [PATCH] landlock: Initialize kernel stack variables properly
From: Austin Kim <hidden>
Date: 2021-11-04 11:41:23
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2021년 11월 3일 (수) 오후 9:14, Mickaël Salaün [off-list ref]님이 작성:
Hi Austin, On 03/11/2021 08:14, Austin Kim wrote:quoted
In case kernel stack variables are not initialized properly, there might be a little chance of kernel information disclosure. So it is better for kernel stack variables to be initialized with null characters. Signed-off-by: Austin Kim <redacted> --- security/landlock/syscalls.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)diff --git a/security/landlock/syscalls.c b/security/landlock/syscalls.c index 32396962f04d..50a6f7091428 100644 --- a/security/landlock/syscalls.c +++ b/security/landlock/syscalls.c@@ -320,6 +320,8 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE4(landlock_add_rule, if (rule_type != LANDLOCK_RULE_PATH_BENEATH) return -EINVAL; + memset(&path_beneath_attr, 0, sizeof(path_beneath_attr)); +This memset is already done with the copy_from_user() call just below.
It seems that memset() is done inside copy_from_user(). Thanks for feedback. BR, Austin Kim
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/* Copies raw user space buffer, only one type for now. */ res = copy_from_user(&path_beneath_attr, rule_attr, sizeof(path_beneath_attr));