linux-kernel - [PATCH v2] hda_hwdep: Fix possible buffer overflow

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Date:	Tue,  1 Nov 2011 09:40:07 +0100
From:	Alexander Stein <alexander.stein@...tec-electronic.com>
To:	Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de>
Cc:	Jaroslav Kysela <perex@...ex.cz>, alsa-devel@...a-project.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Alexander Stein <alexander.stein@...tec-electronic.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2] hda_hwdep: Fix possible buffer overflow

If a line in the firmware file is larger than the given buffer size (and
so the firmware file size), size is set to a value larger than the actual
buffer size. This results in an overflow in the buffer passed.

Signed-off-by: Alexander Stein <alexander.stein@...tec-electronic.com>
---
Changes in v2:
* Just remove the erroneous check

 sound/pci/hda/hda_hwdep.c |    2 --
 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/sound/pci/hda/hda_hwdep.c b/sound/pci/hda/hda_hwdep.c
index 72e5885..7e7d078 100644
--- a/sound/pci/hda/hda_hwdep.c
+++ b/sound/pci/hda/hda_hwdep.c
@@ -756,8 +756,6 @@ static int get_line_from_fw(char *buf, int size, struct firmware *fw)
 	}
 	if (!fw->size)
 		return 0;
-	if (size < fw->size)
-		size = fw->size;
 
 	for (len = 0; len < fw->size; len++) {
 		if (!*p)
-- 
1.7.3.4

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