From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754595AbaEJTc6 (ORCPT ); Sat, 10 May 2014 15:32:58 -0400 Received: from relay3-d.mail.gandi.net ([217.70.183.195]:37325 "EHLO relay3-d.mail.gandi.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752038AbaEJTc4 (ORCPT ); Sat, 10 May 2014 15:32:56 -0400 X-Originating-IP: 50.43.32.211 Date: Sat, 10 May 2014 12:32:46 -0700 From: Josh Triplett To: Jann Horn Cc: Arnd Bergmann , Greg Kroah-Hartman , akpm@linux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-api@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] drivers/char/mem.c: Add /dev/ioports, supporting 16-bit and 32-bit ports Message-ID: <20140510193246.GA12079@thin> References: <20140509191914.GA7286@jtriplet-mobl1> <20140510070742.GE6099@debjann.fritz.box> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20140510070742.GE6099@debjann.fritz.box> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sat, May 10, 2014 at 09:07:42AM +0200, Jann Horn wrote: > On Fri, May 09, 2014 at 12:19:16PM -0700, Josh Triplett wrote: > > + if (port > 65535) > > + return 0; > > + switch (count) { > [...] > > + case 4: > > + if (__put_user(inl(port), buf) < 0) > > + return -EFAULT; > > What if I attempt a four-byte read at 65535? That would access four > out-of-bounds bytes, right? No, it would do an ind instruction on port 65535. - Josh Triplett