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nvdimm: move the check on nd_reserved2 to the endpoint

Message ID 1504539273-44522-1-git-send-email-mengxu.gatech@gmail.com (mailing list archive)
State New, archived
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Meng Xu Sept. 4, 2017, 3:34 p.m. UTC
This patch delays the check of nd_reserved2 to the actual endpoint
(acpi_nfit_ctl) that uses it, as a prevention of a potential
double-fetch bug.

Detailed discussion can be found at
https://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=150421938113092&w=2

Signed-off-by: Meng Xu <mengxu.gatech@gmail.com>
---
 drivers/acpi/nfit/core.c | 4 ++++
 drivers/nvdimm/bus.c     | 4 ----
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

Comments

Dan Williams Sept. 4, 2017, 6:18 p.m. UTC | #1
On Mon, Sep 4, 2017 at 8:34 AM, Meng Xu <mengxu.gatech@gmail.com> wrote:
> This patch delays the check of nd_reserved2 to the actual endpoint
> (acpi_nfit_ctl) that uses it, as a prevention of a potential
> double-fetch bug.
>
> Detailed discussion can be found at
> https://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=150421938113092&w=2

Thanks for doing this, I went ahead and copied this discussion into
the patch and applied it.
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diff --git a/drivers/acpi/nfit/core.c b/drivers/acpi/nfit/core.c
index 19182d0..694b1b1 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/nfit/core.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/nfit/core.c
@@ -228,6 +228,10 @@  int acpi_nfit_ctl(struct nvdimm_bus_descriptor *nd_desc, struct nvdimm *nvdimm,
 	if (cmd == ND_CMD_CALL) {
 		call_pkg = buf;
 		func = call_pkg->nd_command;
+
+		for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(call_pkg->nd_reserved2); i++)
+			if (call_pkg->nd_reserved2[i])
+				return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
 	if (nvdimm) {
diff --git a/drivers/nvdimm/bus.c b/drivers/nvdimm/bus.c
index 937fafa..0fb9adb 100644
--- a/drivers/nvdimm/bus.c
+++ b/drivers/nvdimm/bus.c
@@ -980,10 +980,6 @@  static int __nd_ioctl(struct nvdimm_bus *nvdimm_bus, struct nvdimm *nvdimm,
 		dev_dbg(dev, "%s:%s, idx: %llu, in: %zu, out: %zu, len %zu\n",
 				__func__, dimm_name, pkg.nd_command,
 				in_len, out_len, buf_len);
-
-		for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(pkg.nd_reserved2); i++)
-			if (pkg.nd_reserved2[i])
-				return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
 	/* process an output envelope */