linux-kernel - [PATCH 3/6] ip2: return -EFAULT on copy_to

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Date:	Mon, 23 Aug 2010 21:24:03 -0700
From:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Dan Carpenter <error27@...il.com>,
	"Michael H. Warfield" <mhw@...tsend.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>
Subject: [PATCH 3/6] ip2: return -EFAULT on copy_to_user errors

From: Dan Carpenter <error27@...il.com>

copy_to_user() returns the number of bytes remaining but we want to return
a negative error code on errors.

Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@...il.com>
Cc: "Michael H. Warfield" <mhw@...tsend.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>
---
 drivers/char/ip2/ip2main.c |    2 ++
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/char/ip2/ip2main.c b/drivers/char/ip2/ip2main.c
index 8fa041e..d4b71e8 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ip2/ip2main.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ip2/ip2main.c
@@ -2930,6 +2930,8 @@ ip2_ipl_ioctl (struct file *pFile, UINT cmd, ULONG arg )
 				if ( pCh )
 				{
 					rc = copy_to_user(argp, pCh, sizeof(i2ChanStr));
+					if (rc)
+						rc = -EFAULT;
 				} else {
 					rc = -ENODEV;
 				}
-- 
1.7.2

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