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* [PATCH 1/6] Input: uinput - return -EINVAL when read buffer size is too small
@ 2012-03-31  6:06 Dmitry Torokhov
  2012-03-31  6:06 ` [PATCH 2/6] Input: uinput - fix race that can block nonblocking read Dmitry Torokhov
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  0 siblings, 5 replies; 8+ messages in thread
From: Dmitry Torokhov @ 2012-03-31  6:06 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: David Herrmann; +Cc: linux-input, aris

From: David Herrmann <dh.herrmann@googlemail.com>

Let's check whether the user-supplied buffer is actually big enough and
return -EINVAL if it is not. This differs from current behavior, which
caused 0 to be returned and actually does not make any sense, as
broken application will simply repeat the read getting into endless
loop.

Signed-off-by: David Herrmann <dh.herrmann@googlemail.com>
Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@mail.ru>
---
 drivers/input/misc/uinput.c |    3 +++
 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/input/misc/uinput.c b/drivers/input/misc/uinput.c
index 7360568..eb9723a 100644
--- a/drivers/input/misc/uinput.c
+++ b/drivers/input/misc/uinput.c
@@ -457,6 +457,9 @@ static ssize_t uinput_read(struct file *file, char __user *buffer, size_t count,
 	struct uinput_device *udev = file->private_data;
 	int retval = 0;
 
+	if (count < input_event_size())
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	if (udev->state != UIST_CREATED)
 		return -ENODEV;
 
-- 
1.7.7.6


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2012-03-31  6:06 [PATCH 1/6] Input: uinput - return -EINVAL when read buffer size is too small Dmitry Torokhov
2012-03-31  6:06 ` [PATCH 2/6] Input: uinput - fix race that can block nonblocking read Dmitry Torokhov
2012-04-03 16:28   ` Aristeu Rozanski
2012-04-03 16:41     ` Dmitry Torokhov
2012-03-31  6:06 ` [PATCH 3/6] Input: uinput - return number of bytes copied on partial reads Dmitry Torokhov
2012-03-31  6:06 ` [PATCH 4/6] Input: uinput - mark failed submission requests as free Dmitry Torokhov
2012-03-31  6:06 ` [PATCH 5/6] Input: uinput - specify exact bit sizes on userspace APIs Dmitry Torokhov
2012-03-31  6:06 ` [PATCH 6/6] Input: uinput - fix formatting Dmitry Torokhov

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