block: Clear kernel memory before copying to user

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If the kernel allocates a bounce buffer for user read data, this memory
needs to be cleared before copying it to the user, otherwise it may leak
kernel memory to user space.

Laurence Oberman <loberman@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Keith Busch <keith.busch@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>

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Keith Busch 2018-11-07 07:37:45 -07:00 • committed by Greg Kroah-Hartman

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