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* [PATCH] mfd: Fix off-by-one value range checking for tps65910_i2c_write
@ 2011-05-13  9:13 Axel Lin
  2011-05-13 17:46 ` Samuel Ortiz
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Axel Lin @ 2011-05-13  9:13 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linux-kernel; +Cc: Graeme Gregory, Jorge Eduardo Candelaria, Samuel Ortiz

If bytes == (TPS65910_MAX_REGISTER + 1), we have a buffer overflow when
doing memcpy(&msg[1], src, bytes).

Signed-off-by: Axel Lin <axel.lin@gmail.com>
---
 drivers/mfd/tps65910.c |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/mfd/tps65910.c b/drivers/mfd/tps65910.c
index bf649cf..e318248 100644
--- a/drivers/mfd/tps65910.c
+++ b/drivers/mfd/tps65910.c
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ static int tps65910_i2c_write(struct tps65910 *tps65910, u8 reg,
 	u8 msg[TPS65910_MAX_REGISTER + 1];
 	int ret;
 
-	if (bytes > (TPS65910_MAX_REGISTER + 1))
+	if (bytes > TPS65910_MAX_REGISTER)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	msg[0] = reg;
-- 
1.7.1




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* Re: [PATCH] mfd: Fix off-by-one value range checking for tps65910_i2c_write
  2011-05-13  9:13 [PATCH] mfd: Fix off-by-one value range checking for tps65910_i2c_write Axel Lin
@ 2011-05-13 17:46 ` Samuel Ortiz
  2011-05-16 12:26   ` Liam Girdwood
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Samuel Ortiz @ 2011-05-13 17:46 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Axel Lin, Liam Girdwood
  Cc: linux-kernel, Graeme Gregory, Jorge Eduardo Candelaria

Hi Axel,

On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 05:13:57PM +0800, Axel Lin wrote:
> If bytes == (TPS65910_MAX_REGISTER + 1), we have a buffer overflow when
> doing memcpy(&msg[1], src, bytes).
This code is going through Liam's tree, I'm adding him to this thread.
Liam, please add my Acked-by to this patch, if you think it's needed.

Cheers,
Samuel.

-- 
Intel Open Source Technology Centre
http://oss.intel.com/

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* Re: [PATCH] mfd: Fix off-by-one value range checking for tps65910_i2c_write
  2011-05-13 17:46 ` Samuel Ortiz
@ 2011-05-16 12:26   ` Liam Girdwood
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Liam Girdwood @ 2011-05-16 12:26 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Axel Lin
  Cc: Samuel Ortiz, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Graeme Gregory,
	Jorge Eduardo Candelaria

On 13/05/11 18:46, Samuel Ortiz wrote:
> Hi Axel,
> 
> On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 05:13:57PM +0800, Axel Lin wrote:
>> If bytes == (TPS65910_MAX_REGISTER + 1), we have a buffer overflow when
>> doing memcpy(&msg[1], src, bytes).
> This code is going through Liam's tree, I'm adding him to this thread.
> Liam, please add my Acked-by to this patch, if you think it's needed.
> 

Axel, could you resend to me with Samuels Ack and I'll apply.

Thanks

Liam

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