* FAILED: patch "[PATCH] s390/vmcp: Initialize full session info to zero" failed to apply to 6.6-stable tree
@ 2026-11-07 10:31 Sasha Levin
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From: Sasha Levin @ 2026-11-07 10:31 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: borntraeger, hca; +Cc: stable
The patch below does not apply to the 6.6-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
id to <stable@vger.kernel.org>.
To reproduce the conflict and resubmit, you may use the following commands:
git fetch https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/ linux-6.6.y
git checkout FETCH_HEAD
git cherry-pick -x f63eb4ee4a30fc5d8de07a229d92310e3c8d560c
# <resolve conflicts, build, test, etc.>
git commit -s
git send-email --to '<stable@vger.kernel.org>' --in-reply-to '20261107053136-failed-6.6-f63eb4ee4a30@kernel.org' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 6.6.y' 'HEAD^..'
Thanks,
Sasha
------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------
From f63eb4ee4a30fc5d8de07a229d92310e3c8d560c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@linux.ibm.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2026 15:58:29 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] s390/vmcp: Initialize full session info to zero
The cma_alloc bit as well as the response can contain old data.
cma_release will not free the kmalloced memory in that case and
the response code might leak kernel stack data to CAP_SYS_ADMIN
users.
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@linux.ibm.com>
Reviewed-by: Heiko Carstens <hca@linux.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Heiko Carstens <hca@linux.ibm.com>
---
drivers/s390/char/vmcp.c | 4 +---
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/s390/char/vmcp.c b/drivers/s390/char/vmcp.c
index b277f9d0c321a..2cf94f23af2a6 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/char/vmcp.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/char/vmcp.c
@@ -104,13 +104,11 @@ static int vmcp_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
return -EPERM;
- session = kmalloc_obj(*session);
+ session = kzalloc_obj(*session);
if (!session)
return -ENOMEM;
session->bufsize = PAGE_SIZE;
- session->response = NULL;
- session->resp_size = 0;
mutex_init(&session->mutex);
file->private_data = session;
return nonseekable_open(inode, file);
--
2.53.0
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