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libnvdimm/pfn: fix fsdax-mode namespace info-block zero-fields
commit 7e3e888dfc138089f4c15a81b418e88f0978f744 upstream. At namespace creation time there is the potential for the "expected to be zero" fields of a 'pfn' info-block to be filled with indeterminate data. While the kernel buffer is zeroed on allocation it is immediately overwritten by nd_pfn_validate() filling it with the current contents of the on-media info-block location. For fields like, 'flags' and the 'padding' it potentially means that future implementations can not rely on those fields being zero. In preparation to stop using the 'start_pad' and 'end_trunc' fields for section alignment, arrange for fields that are not explicitly initialized to be guaranteed zero. Bump the minor version to indicate it is safe to assume the 'padding' and 'flags' are zero. Otherwise, this corruption is expected to benign since all other critical fields are explicitly initialized. Note The cc: stable is about spreading this new policy to as many kernels as possible not fixing an issue in those kernels. It is not until the change titled "libnvdimm/pfn: Stop padding pmem namespaces to section alignment" where this improper initialization becomes a problem. So if someone decides to backport "libnvdimm/pfn: Stop padding pmem namespaces to section alignment" (which is not tagged for stable), make sure this pre-requisite is flagged. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/156092356065.979959.6681003754765958296.stgit@dwillia2-desk3.amr.corp.intel.com Fixes: 32ab0a3 ("libnvdimm, pmem: 'struct page' for pmem") Signed-off-by: Dan Williams <[email protected]> Tested-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <[email protected]> [ppc64] Cc: <[email protected]> Cc: David Hildenbrand <[email protected]> Cc: Jane Chu <[email protected]> Cc: Jeff Moyer <[email protected]> Cc: Jérôme Glisse <[email protected]> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <[email protected]> Cc: Logan Gunthorpe <[email protected]> Cc: Michal Hocko <[email protected]> Cc: Mike Rapoport <[email protected]> Cc: Oscar Salvador <[email protected]> Cc: Pavel Tatashin <[email protected]> Cc: Toshi Kani <[email protected]> Cc: Vlastimil Babka <[email protected]> Cc: Wei Yang <[email protected]> Cc: Jason Gunthorpe <[email protected]> Cc: Christoph Hellwig <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]>
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