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ethtool: Use kcalloc instead of kmalloc for ethtool_get_strings

It seems that kernel memory can leak into userspace by a
kmalloc, ethtool_get_strings, then copy_to_user sequence.

Avoid this by using kcalloc to zero fill the copied buffer.

Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Acked-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Joe Perches 9 anni fa
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      net/core/ethtool.c

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net/core/ethtool.c

@@ -1284,7 +1284,7 @@ static int ethtool_get_strings(struct net_device *dev, void __user *useraddr)
 
 	gstrings.len = ret;
 
-	data = kmalloc(gstrings.len * ETH_GSTRING_LEN, GFP_USER);
+	data = kcalloc(gstrings.len, ETH_GSTRING_LEN, GFP_USER);
 	if (!data)
 		return -ENOMEM;