From: Sreeraj S Kurup <sreekuttan2156239@gmail.com>
To: Phillip Potter <phil@philpotter.co.uk>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Sreeraj S Kurup <sreekuttan2156239@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2] cdrom: fix stack memory leaks in ioctl handlers
Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2026 16:47:28 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260804164728.3636-1-sreekuttan2156239@gmail.com> (raw)
Multiple ioctl handlers in drivers/cdrom/cdrom.c allocate structures on
the kernel stack that are subsequently copied back to user space via
copy_to_user(). Uninitialized structure padding bytes or unpopulated
fields in these stack-allocated structures leak sensitive kernel stack
memory to user space.
Explicitly zero-initialize local structures across the affected output
ioctl handlers using standard {0} initialization:
- cdrom_ioctl_multisession: struct cdrom_multisession info
- cdrom_ioctl_timed_media_change: struct cdrom_timed_media_change_info
- cdrom_ioctl_get_mcn: struct cdrom_mcn mcn
- cdrom_ioctl_get_subchnl: struct cdrom_subchnl q
- cdrom_ioctl_read_tochdr: struct cdrom_tochdr header
- cdrom_ioctl_read_tocentry: struct cdrom_tocentry entry
- mmc_ioctl_cdrom_subchannel: struct cdrom_subchnl q
This prevents kernel stack memory disclosure vulnerabilities when
copying data structures back to user space.
---
v2:
- Expanded coverage to all remaining ioctl handlers in cdrom.c that
copy stack structures back to user space.
Signed-off-by: Sreeraj S Kurup <sreekuttan2156239@gmail.com>
---
drivers/cdrom/cdrom.c | 14 +++++++-------
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/cdrom/cdrom.c b/drivers/cdrom/cdrom.c
index 4f1fd389260f..85be658bbfa3 100644
--- a/drivers/cdrom/cdrom.c
+++ b/drivers/cdrom/cdrom.c
@@ -2254,7 +2254,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cdrom_multisession);
static int cdrom_ioctl_multisession(struct cdrom_device_info *cdi,
void __user *argp)
{
- struct cdrom_multisession info;
+ struct cdrom_multisession info = {0};
int ret;
cd_dbg(CD_DO_IOCTL, "entering CDROMMULTISESSION\n");
@@ -2361,7 +2361,7 @@ static int cdrom_ioctl_timed_media_change(struct cdrom_device_info *cdi,
{
int ret;
struct cdrom_timed_media_change_info __user *info;
- struct cdrom_timed_media_change_info tmp_info;
+ struct cdrom_timed_media_change_info tmp_info = {0};
if (!CDROM_CAN(CDC_MEDIA_CHANGED))
return -ENOSYS;
@@ -2510,7 +2510,7 @@ static int cdrom_ioctl_get_capability(struct cdrom_device_info *cdi)
static int cdrom_ioctl_get_mcn(struct cdrom_device_info *cdi,
void __user *argp)
{
- struct cdrom_mcn mcn;
+ struct cdrom_mcn mcn = {0};
int ret;
cd_dbg(CD_DO_IOCTL, "entering CDROM_GET_MCN\n");
@@ -2598,7 +2598,7 @@ static int cdrom_ioctl_changer_nslots(struct cdrom_device_info *cdi)
static int cdrom_ioctl_get_subchnl(struct cdrom_device_info *cdi,
void __user *argp)
{
- struct cdrom_subchnl q;
+ struct cdrom_subchnl q = {0};
u8 requested, back;
int ret;
@@ -2629,7 +2629,7 @@ static int cdrom_ioctl_get_subchnl(struct cdrom_device_info *cdi,
static int cdrom_ioctl_read_tochdr(struct cdrom_device_info *cdi,
void __user *argp)
{
- struct cdrom_tochdr header;
+ struct cdrom_tochdr header = {0};
int ret;
/* cd_dbg(CD_DO_IOCTL, "entering CDROMREADTOCHDR\n"); */
@@ -2669,7 +2669,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cdrom_read_tocentry);
static int cdrom_ioctl_read_tocentry(struct cdrom_device_info *cdi,
void __user *argp)
{
- struct cdrom_tocentry entry;
+ struct cdrom_tocentry entry = {0};
int ret;
if (copy_from_user(&entry, argp, sizeof(entry)))
@@ -3055,7 +3055,7 @@ static noinline int mmc_ioctl_cdrom_subchannel(struct cdrom_device_info *cdi,
void __user *arg)
{
int ret;
- struct cdrom_subchnl q;
+ struct cdrom_subchnl q = {0};
u_char requested, back;
if (copy_from_user(&q, (struct cdrom_subchnl __user *)arg, sizeof(q)))
return -EFAULT;
--
2.54.0
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2026-08-04 16:47 Sreeraj S Kurup [this message]
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