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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] vduse: prevent uninitialized memory accesses
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From:   Maxime Coquelin <maxime.coquelin@redhat.com>
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On 8/29/22 09:48, Greg KH wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 29, 2022 at 09:34:24AM +0200, Maxime Coquelin wrote:
>> If the VDUSE application provides a smaller config space
>> than the driver expects, the driver may use uninitialized
>> memory from the stack.
>>
>> This patch prevents it by initializing the buffer passed by
>> the driver to store the config value.
>>
>> This fix addresses CVE-2022-2308.
>>
>> Cc: xieyongji@bytedance.com
>> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v5.15+
>> Fixes: c8a6153b6c59 ("vduse: Introduce VDUSE - vDPA Device in Userspace")
>>
>> Acked-by: Jason Wang <jasowang@redhat.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Maxime Coquelin <maxime.coquelin@redhat.com>
> 
> Please no blank line above the Acked-by: line here if possible.

Sure.

Jason, do you prefer I post a new revision with this single change or
you will handle it while applying? Either way is fine to me.

Thanks,
Maxime

> thanks,
> 
> greg k-h
>