From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932264Ab3LTLS7 (ORCPT ); Fri, 20 Dec 2013 06:18:59 -0500 Received: from userp1040.oracle.com ([156.151.31.81]:21686 "EHLO userp1040.oracle.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932092Ab3LTLS6 (ORCPT ); Fri, 20 Dec 2013 06:18:58 -0500 Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2013 14:18:47 +0300 From: Dan Carpenter To: Wenliang Fan Cc: gregkh@linuxfoundation.org, klmckinney1@gmail.com, tulinizer@gmail.com, devel@driverdev.osuosl.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] drivers/staging/bcm: Integer overflow Message-ID: <20131220111847.GX5443@mwanda> References: <1387537658-32640-1-git-send-email-fanwlexca@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1387537658-32640-1-git-send-email-fanwlexca@gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Source-IP: acsinet21.oracle.com [141.146.126.237] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 07:07:38PM +0800, Wenliang Fan wrote: > The checking condition in 'validateFlash2xReadWrite()' is not > sufficient. A large number invalid would cause an integer overflow and > pass the condition, which could cause further integer overflows in > 'Bcmchar.c:bcm_char_ioctl()'. > > Signed-off-by: Wenliang Fan Looks good. Reviewed-by: Dan Carpenter regards, dan carpenter