From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Marek Lindner Subject: [PATCH 10/11] batman-adv: Directly check read of icmp packet in copy_from_user Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2011 19:31:54 +0800 Message-ID: <1323689516-24427-11-git-send-email-lindner_marek@yahoo.de> References: <1323689516-24427-1-git-send-email-lindner_marek@yahoo.de> Reply-To: The list for a Better Approach To Mobile Ad-hoc Networking Cc: netdev-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, b.a.t.m.a.n-ZwoEplunGu2X36UT3dwllkB+6BGkLq7r@public.gmane.org, Marek Lindner To: davem-fT/PcQaiUtIeIZ0/mPfg9Q@public.gmane.org Return-path: In-Reply-To: <1323689516-24427-1-git-send-email-lindner_marek-LWAfsSFWpa4@public.gmane.org> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: b.a.t.m.a.n-bounces-ZwoEplunGu2X36UT3dwllkB+6BGkLq7r@public.gmane.org Errors-To: b.a.t.m.a.n-bounces-ZwoEplunGu2X36UT3dwllkB+6BGkLq7r@public.gmane.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org From: Sven Eckelmann The access_ok read check can be directly done in copy_from_user since a failure of access_ok is handled the same way as an error in __copy_from_user. Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann Signed-off-by: Marek Lindner --- net/batman-adv/icmp_socket.c | 7 +------ 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/net/batman-adv/icmp_socket.c b/net/batman-adv/icmp_socket.c index 88ab26f..3b04fff 100644 --- a/net/batman-adv/icmp_socket.c +++ b/net/batman-adv/icmp_socket.c @@ -187,12 +187,7 @@ static ssize_t bat_socket_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buff, skb_reserve(skb, sizeof(struct ethhdr)); icmp_packet = (struct icmp_packet_rr *)skb_put(skb, packet_len); - if (!access_ok(VERIFY_READ, buff, packet_len)) { - len = -EFAULT; - goto free_skb; - } - - if (__copy_from_user(icmp_packet, buff, packet_len)) { + if (copy_from_user(icmp_packet, buff, packet_len)) { len = -EFAULT; goto free_skb; } -- 1.7.5.4