tmpfs: zero unused folio tail for long symlinks

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shmem_symlink() marks the entire folio uptodate after copying only the
NUL-terminated link target.  The remainder of the freshly allocated folio
is left uninitialized.

Reclaim may pass the whole folio to a swap compressor.  KMSAN observed
sw842_compress() computing a checksum over the uninitialized tail.  If the
folio is written to a swap device, those bytes can also leave the kernel.

Zero the remainder of the folio before marking it uptodate and dirty.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260628004314.27370-1-alhouseenyousef@gmail.com
Fixes: 1da177e4c3 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
Reported-by: syzbot+bf5586280a66e9ccdfa9@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=bf5586280a66e9ccdfa9
Signed-off-by: Yousef Alhouseen <alhouseenyousef@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@linux.alibaba.com>
Cc: Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@linux.alibaba.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>

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