-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know.
------------------
sys_get_thread_area does not memset to 0 its struct user_desc info before
copying it to user space... since sizeof(struct user_desc) is 16 while the
actual datas which are filled are only 12 bytes + 9 bits (across the
bitfields), there is a (small) information leak.
This was already committed to Linus' repository.
Signed-off-by: Paolo 'Blaisorblade' Giarrusso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Signed-off-by: Chris Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
---
vanilla-linux-2.6.12-paolo/arch/i386/kernel/process.c | 2 ++
1 files changed, 2 insertions(+)
diff -puN arch/i386/kernel/process.c~sec-micro-info-leak
arch/i386/kernel/process.c
--- vanilla-linux-2.6.12/arch/i386/kernel/process.c~sec-micro-info-leak
2005-07-28 21:19:26.000000000 +0200
+++ vanilla-linux-2.6.12-paolo/arch/i386/kernel/process.c 2005-07-28
21:19:26.000000000 +0200
@@ -827,6 +827,8 @@ asmlinkage int sys_get_thread_area(struc
if (idx < GDT_ENTRY_TLS_MIN || idx > GDT_ENTRY_TLS_MAX)
return -EINVAL;
+ memset(&info, 0, sizeof(info));
+
desc = current->thread.tls_array + idx - GDT_ENTRY_TLS_MIN;
info.entry_number = idx;
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