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[2/4] misc: xilinx_sdfec: Return -EFAULT if copy_from_user() fails

Message ID 20190821070702.GB26957@mwanda (mailing list archive)
State Mainlined
Commit 129c3b082c636087a72a30b17c87c57d197f08f5
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Series [1/4] misc: xilinx_sdfec: Fix a couple small information leaks | expand

Commit Message

Dan Carpenter Aug. 21, 2019, 7:07 a.m. UTC
The copy_from_user() funciton returns the number of bytes remaining to
be copied but we want to return -EFAULT to the user.

Fixes: 20ec628e8007 ("misc: xilinx_sdfec: Add ability to configure LDPC")
Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com>
---
 drivers/misc/xilinx_sdfec.c | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Comments

Michal Simek Aug. 22, 2019, 8:16 a.m. UTC | #1
On 21. 08. 19 9:07, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> The copy_from_user() funciton returns the number of bytes remaining to

typo here.

> be copied but we want to return -EFAULT to the user.
> 
> Fixes: 20ec628e8007 ("misc: xilinx_sdfec: Add ability to configure LDPC")
> Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com>
> ---
>  drivers/misc/xilinx_sdfec.c | 5 +++--
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/misc/xilinx_sdfec.c b/drivers/misc/xilinx_sdfec.c
> index dc1b8b412712..813b82c59360 100644
> --- a/drivers/misc/xilinx_sdfec.c
> +++ b/drivers/misc/xilinx_sdfec.c
> @@ -651,9 +651,10 @@ static int xsdfec_add_ldpc(struct xsdfec_dev *xsdfec, void __user *arg)
>  	if (!ldpc)
>  		return -ENOMEM;
>  
> -	ret = copy_from_user(ldpc, arg, sizeof(*ldpc));
> -	if (ret)
> +	if (copy_from_user(ldpc, arg, sizeof(*ldpc))) {
> +		ret = -EFAULT;
>  		goto err_out;
> +	}
>  
>  	if (xsdfec->config.code == XSDFEC_TURBO_CODE) {
>  		ret = -EIO;
> 

When typo fixed feel free to add my
Reviewed-by: Michal Simek <michal.simek@xilinx.com>

Thanks,
Michal
Dragan Cvetic Aug. 22, 2019, 5:47 p.m. UTC | #2
Hi Dan,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dan Carpenter [mailto:dan.carpenter@oracle.com]
> Sent: Wednesday 21 August 2019 08:07
> To: Derek Kiernan <dkiernan@xilinx.com>; Dragan Cvetic <draganc@xilinx.com>
> Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>; Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>; Michal Simek <michals@xilinx.com>;
> linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org; linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org; kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org
> Subject: [PATCH 2/4] misc: xilinx_sdfec: Return -EFAULT if copy_from_user() fails
> 
> The copy_from_user() funciton returns the number of bytes remaining to
> be copied but we want to return -EFAULT to the user.
> 
> Fixes: 20ec628e8007 ("misc: xilinx_sdfec: Add ability to configure LDPC")
> Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com>
> ---
>  drivers/misc/xilinx_sdfec.c | 5 +++--
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/misc/xilinx_sdfec.c b/drivers/misc/xilinx_sdfec.c
> index dc1b8b412712..813b82c59360 100644
> --- a/drivers/misc/xilinx_sdfec.c
> +++ b/drivers/misc/xilinx_sdfec.c
> @@ -651,9 +651,10 @@ static int xsdfec_add_ldpc(struct xsdfec_dev *xsdfec, void __user *arg)
>  	if (!ldpc)
>  		return -ENOMEM;
> 
> -	ret = copy_from_user(ldpc, arg, sizeof(*ldpc));
> -	if (ret)
> +	if (copy_from_user(ldpc, arg, sizeof(*ldpc))) {
> +		ret = -EFAULT;
>  		goto err_out;
> +	}
> 
>  	if (xsdfec->config.code == XSDFEC_TURBO_CODE) {
>  		ret = -EIO;
> --
> 2.20.1

Reviewed-by: Dragan Cvetic <dragan.cvetic@xilinx.com>

Thanks,
Dragan
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Patch

diff --git a/drivers/misc/xilinx_sdfec.c b/drivers/misc/xilinx_sdfec.c
index dc1b8b412712..813b82c59360 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/xilinx_sdfec.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/xilinx_sdfec.c
@@ -651,9 +651,10 @@  static int xsdfec_add_ldpc(struct xsdfec_dev *xsdfec, void __user *arg)
 	if (!ldpc)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	ret = copy_from_user(ldpc, arg, sizeof(*ldpc));
-	if (ret)
+	if (copy_from_user(ldpc, arg, sizeof(*ldpc))) {
+		ret = -EFAULT;
 		goto err_out;
+	}
 
 	if (xsdfec->config.code == XSDFEC_TURBO_CODE) {
 		ret = -EIO;