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SubjectRe: [PATCH] fs:Fix kmemleak leak warning in getname_flags about working on unitialized memory
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On 2016/08/04 6:48, Nicholas Krause wrote:
> This fixes a kmemleak leak warning complaining about working on
> unitializied memory as found in the function, getname_flages. Seems
> that we are indeed working on unitialized memory, as the filename
> char pointer is never made to point to the filname structure's result
> member for holding it's name, fix this by using memcpy to copy the
> filname structure pointer's, name to the char pointer passed to this
> function.
>
> Signed-off-by: Nicholas Krause <xerofoify@gmail.com>
> ---
> fs/namei.c | 1 +
> mm/early_ioremap.c | 1 +
> 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
> index c386a32..6b18d57 100644
> --- a/fs/namei.c
> +++ b/fs/namei.c
> @@ -196,6 +196,7 @@ getname_flags(const char __user *filename, int flags, int *empty)
> }
> }
>
> + memcpy((char *)result->name, filename, len);

This filename is a __user pointer. Reading with memcpy() is not safe.

> result->uptr = filename;
> result->aname = NULL;
> audit_getname(result);

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