From 68227c03cba84a24faf8a7277d2b1a03c8959c2c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mateusz Jurczyk Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2017 12:26:49 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] fuse: initialize the flock flag in fuse_file on allocation Before the patch, the flock flag could remain uninitialized for the lifespan of the fuse_file allocation. Unless set to true in fuse_file_flock(), it would remain in an indeterminate state until read in an if statement in fuse_release_common(). This could consequently lead to taking an unexpected branch in the code. The bug was discovered by a runtime instrumentation designed to detect use of uninitialized memory in the kernel. Signed-off-by: Mateusz Jurczyk Fixes: 37fb3a30b462 ("fuse: fix flock") Cc: # v3.1+ Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi --- fs/fuse/file.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/fs/fuse/file.c b/fs/fuse/file.c index 3ee4fdc3da9e..76eac2a554c4 100644 --- a/fs/fuse/file.c +++ b/fs/fuse/file.c @@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ struct fuse_file *fuse_file_alloc(struct fuse_conn *fc) { struct fuse_file *ff; - ff = kmalloc(sizeof(struct fuse_file), GFP_KERNEL); + ff = kzalloc(sizeof(struct fuse_file), GFP_KERNEL); if (unlikely(!ff)) return NULL; -- 2.20.1