Re: [PATCH] fs/binfmt_elf.c: allocate initialized memory in fill_thread_core_info()

From: Alexander Potapenko
Date: Sun Apr 19 2020 - 06:11:11 EST


On Sun, Apr 19, 2020 at 12:08 PM <glider@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> KMSAN reported uninitialized data being written to disk when dumping
> core. As a result, several kilobytes of kmalloc memory may be written to
> the core file and then read by a non-privileged user.
>
> Reported-by: sam <sunhaoyl@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Alexander Potapenko <glider@xxxxxxxxxx>

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Link: https://github.com/google/kmsan/issues/76