HID: core: zero-initialize the report buffer

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: HID: core: zero-initialize the report buffer Since the report buffer is used by all kinds of drivers in various ways, let's zero-initialize it during allocation to make sure that it can't be ever used to leak kernel memory via specially-crafted report.

Affected Products

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References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e7ea60184e1e88a3c9e437b3265cbb6439aa7e26
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3f9e88f2672c4635960570ee9741778d4135ecf5
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d7dc68d82ab3fcfc3f65322465da3d7031d4ab46
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/05ade5d4337867929e7ef664e7ac8e0c734f1aaf
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1884ab3d22536a5c14b17c78c2ce76d1734e8b0b
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9d9f5c75c0c7f31766ec27d90f7a6ac673193191
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/492015e6249fbcd42138b49de3c588d826dd9648
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/177f25d1292c7e16e1199b39c85480f7f8815552

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