Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | From | Greg Kroah-Hartman <> | Subject | [PATCH 6/6] sysfs: fix off-by-one error in fill_read_buffer() | Date | Wed, 28 Nov 2007 14:52:20 -0800 |
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From: Miao Xie <miaox@cn.fujitsu.com>
I found that there is a off-by-one problem in the following code.
Version: 2.6.24-rc2 File: fs/sysfs/file.c:118-122 Function: fill_read_buffer -------------------------------------------------------------------- count = ops->show(kobj, attr_sd->s_attr.attr, buffer->page);
sysfs_put_active_two(attr_sd);
BUG_ON(count > (ssize_t)PAGE_SIZE); --------------------------------------------------------------------
Because according to the specification of the sysfs and the implement of the show methods, the show methods return the number of bytes which would be generated for the given input, excluding the trailing null.So if the return value of the show methods equals PAGE_SIZE - 1, the buffer is full in fact. And if the return value equals PAGE_SIZE, the resulting string was already truncated,or buffer overflow occurred.
This patch fixes an off-by-one error in fill_read_buffer.
Signed-off-by: Miao Xie <miaox@cn.fujitsu.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Acked-by: Tejun Heo <teheo@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> --- fs/sysfs/file.c | 6 +++++- 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/file.c b/fs/sysfs/file.c index 27d1785..4045bdc 100644 --- a/fs/sysfs/file.c +++ b/fs/sysfs/file.c @@ -119,7 +119,11 @@ static int fill_read_buffer(struct dentry * dentry, struct sysfs_buffer * buffer sysfs_put_active_two(attr_sd); - BUG_ON(count > (ssize_t)PAGE_SIZE); + /* + * The code works fine with PAGE_SIZE return but it's likely to + * indicate truncated result or overflow in normal use cases. + */ + BUG_ON(count >= (ssize_t)PAGE_SIZE); if (count >= 0) { buffer->needs_read_fill = 0; buffer->count = count; -- 1.5.3.4 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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