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Date:	Mon, 12 Mar 2012 20:12:53 -0400
From:	Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>
To:	stable@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	stable-review@...nel.org, Kulikov Vasiliy <segooon@...il.com>,
	Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de>,
	Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>
Subject: [34-longterm 045/196] sound: oss: midi_synth: check get_user() return value

From: Kulikov Vasiliy <segooon@...il.com>

                   -------------------
    This is a commit scheduled for the next v2.6.34 longterm release.
    If you see a problem with using this for longterm, please comment.
                   -------------------

commit b3390ceab95601afc12213c3ec5551d3bc7b638f upstream.

get_user() may fail, if so return -EFAULT.

Signed-off-by: Kulikov Vasiliy <segooon@...il.com>
Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de>
Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>
---
 sound/oss/midi_synth.c |    4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/sound/oss/midi_synth.c b/sound/oss/midi_synth.c
index 11685f1..2292c23 100644
--- a/sound/oss/midi_synth.c
+++ b/sound/oss/midi_synth.c
@@ -519,7 +519,9 @@ midi_synth_load_patch(int dev, int format, const char __user *addr,
 	{
 		unsigned char   data;
 
-		get_user(*(unsigned char *) &data, (unsigned char __user *) &((addr)[hdr_size + i]));
+		if (get_user(data,
+		    (unsigned char __user *)(addr + hdr_size + i)))
+			return -EFAULT;
 
 		eox_seen = (i > 0 && data & 0x80);	/* End of sysex */
 
-- 
1.7.9.3

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