From: Al Viro <viro@ftp.linux.org.uk>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, karsten@jeppesens.getmyip.com
Subject: [PATCH] briq_panel: read() and write() get __user pointers, damnit
Date: Sat, 23 Sep 2006 18:20:56 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20060923172056.GK29920@ftp.linux.org.uk> (raw)
annotated, fixed a roothole in ->write(). Dereferencing user-supplied pointer
is a Bad Idea(tm)...
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
---
drivers/char/briq_panel.c | 17 ++++++++++-------
1 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/char/briq_panel.c b/drivers/char/briq_panel.c
index caae795..b8c2225 100644
--- a/drivers/char/briq_panel.c
+++ b/drivers/char/briq_panel.c
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ static int briq_panel_release(struct ino
return 0;
}
-static ssize_t briq_panel_read(struct file *file, char *buf, size_t count,
+static ssize_t briq_panel_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf, size_t count,
loff_t *ppos)
{
unsigned short c;
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ static void scroll_vfd( void )
vfd_cursor = 20;
}
-static ssize_t briq_panel_write(struct file *file, const char *buf, size_t len,
+static ssize_t briq_panel_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf, size_t len,
loff_t *ppos)
{
size_t indx = len;
@@ -150,19 +150,22 @@ #endif
return -EBUSY;
for (;;) {
+ char c;
if (!indx)
break;
+ if (get_user(c, buf))
+ return -EFAULT;
if (esc) {
- set_led(*buf);
+ set_led(c);
esc = 0;
- } else if (*buf == 27) {
+ } else if (c == 27) {
esc = 1;
- } else if (*buf == 12) {
+ } else if (c == 12) {
/* do a form feed */
for (i=0; i<40; i++)
vfd[i] = ' ';
vfd_cursor = 0;
- } else if (*buf == 10) {
+ } else if (c == 10) {
if (vfd_cursor < 20)
vfd_cursor = 20;
else if (vfd_cursor < 40)
@@ -175,7 +178,7 @@ #endif
/* just a character */
if (vfd_cursor > 39)
scroll_vfd();
- vfd[vfd_cursor++] = *buf;
+ vfd[vfd_cursor++] = c;
}
indx--;
buf++;
--
1.4.2.GIT
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