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SubjectRe: [PATCH] media: rcar_drif: fix a memory disclosure
Hi Kangjie,

On Sat, Oct 19, 2019 at 12:29 AM Kangjie Lu <kjlu@umn.edu> wrote:
> "f->fmt.sdr.reserved" is uninitialized. As other peer drivers
> like msi2500 and airspy do, the fix initializes it to avoid
> memory disclosures.
>
> Signed-off-by: Kangjie Lu <kjlu@umn.edu>

Reviewed-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@glider.be>

> --- a/drivers/media/platform/rcar_drif.c
> +++ b/drivers/media/platform/rcar_drif.c
> @@ -912,6 +912,7 @@ static int rcar_drif_g_fmt_sdr_cap(struct file *file, void *priv,
> {
> struct rcar_drif_sdr *sdr = video_drvdata(file);
>
> + memset(f->fmt.sdr.reserved, 0, sizeof(f->fmt.sdr.reserved));
> f->fmt.sdr.pixelformat = sdr->fmt->pixelformat;
> f->fmt.sdr.buffersize = sdr->fmt->buffersize;

I would do the memset() at the end, though, to follow declaration order of the
struct members.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

Geert


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