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fanotify: remove unneeded sub-zero check for unsigned value

Message ID d296ff1c-dcf7-4813-994b-3c4369debb7d@ancud.ru (mailing list archive)
State New
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Series fanotify: remove unneeded sub-zero check for unsigned value | expand

Commit Message

Nikita Kiryushin March 14, 2024, 1:36 p.m. UTC
Unsigned size_t len in copy_fid_info_to_user is checked
for negative value. This check is redundant as it is
always false.

Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.

Fixes: 5e469c830fdb ("fanotify: copy event fid info to user")
Signed-off-by: Nikita Kiryushin <kiryushin@ancud.ru>
---
  fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c | 2 +-
  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

Comments

Jan Kara March 25, 2024, 7:16 p.m. UTC | #1
On Thu 14-03-24 16:36:56, Nikita Kiryushin wrote:
> 
> Unsigned size_t len in copy_fid_info_to_user is checked
> for negative value. This check is redundant as it is
> always false.
> 
> Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.
> 
> Fixes: 5e469c830fdb ("fanotify: copy event fid info to user")
> Signed-off-by: Nikita Kiryushin <kiryushin@ancud.ru>

Looks good. Added to my tree. Thanks!

								Honza

> ---
>  fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c
> index fbdc63cc10d9..4201723357cf 100644
> --- a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c
> +++ b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c
> @@ -502,7 +502,7 @@ static int copy_fid_info_to_user(__kernel_fsid_t *fsid, struct fanotify_fh *fh,
>  	}
>  	/* Pad with 0's */
> -	WARN_ON_ONCE(len < 0 || len >= FANOTIFY_EVENT_ALIGN);
> +	WARN_ON_ONCE(len >= FANOTIFY_EVENT_ALIGN);
>  	if (len > 0 && clear_user(buf, len))
>  		return -EFAULT;
> -- 
> 2.34.1
>
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diff --git a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c
index fbdc63cc10d9..4201723357cf 100644
--- a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c
+++ b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c
@@ -502,7 +502,7 @@  static int copy_fid_info_to_user(__kernel_fsid_t *fsid, struct fanotify_fh *fh,
  	}
  
  	/* Pad with 0's */
-	WARN_ON_ONCE(len < 0 || len >= FANOTIFY_EVENT_ALIGN);
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(len >= FANOTIFY_EVENT_ALIGN);
  	if (len > 0 && clear_user(buf, len))
  		return -EFAULT;