linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/2] oprofile, s390: Fix uninitialized memory access when writing to oprofilefs

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Date:	Fri, 24 Aug 2012 20:53:30 +0200
From:	Robert Richter <robert.richter@....com>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
CC:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	oprofile-list <oprofile-list@...ts.sourceforge.net>,
	Robert Richter <robert.richter@....com>,
	<stable@...r.kernel.org>, <#@...a.amd.com>, <3.3+@...a.amd.com>
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] oprofile, s390: Fix uninitialized memory access when writing to oprofilefs

If oprofilefs_ulong_from_user() is called with count equals zero, *val
remains unchanged. Depending on the implementation it might be
uninitialized. Fixing users of oprofilefs_ulong_ from_user().

We missed these s390 changes with:

 913050b oprofile: Fix uninitialized memory access when writing to writing to oprofilefs

Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org  # 3.3+
Signed-off-by: Robert Richter <robert.richter@....com>
---
 arch/s390/oprofile/init.c |   10 +++++-----
 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/s390/oprofile/init.c b/arch/s390/oprofile/init.c
index a1e9d69..584b936 100644
--- a/arch/s390/oprofile/init.c
+++ b/arch/s390/oprofile/init.c
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ static ssize_t hw_interval_write(struct file *file, char const __user *buf,
 	if (*offset)
 		return -EINVAL;
 	retval = oprofilefs_ulong_from_user(&val, buf, count);
-	if (retval)
+	if (retval <= 0)
 		return retval;
 	if (val < oprofile_min_interval)
 		oprofile_hw_interval = oprofile_min_interval;
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ static ssize_t hwsampler_zero_write(struct file *file, char const __user *buf,
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	retval = oprofilefs_ulong_from_user(&val, buf, count);
-	if (retval)
+	if (retval <= 0)
 		return retval;
 	if (val != 0)
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ static ssize_t hwsampler_kernel_write(struct file *file, char const __user *buf,
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	retval = oprofilefs_ulong_from_user(&val, buf, count);
-	if (retval)
+	if (retval <= 0)
 		return retval;
 
 	if (val != 0 && val != 1)
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ static ssize_t hwsampler_user_write(struct file *file, char const __user *buf,
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	retval = oprofilefs_ulong_from_user(&val, buf, count);
-	if (retval)
+	if (retval <= 0)
 		return retval;
 
 	if (val != 0 && val != 1)
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ static ssize_t timer_enabled_write(struct file *file, char const __user *buf,
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	retval = oprofilefs_ulong_from_user(&val, buf, count);
-	if (retval)
+	if (retval <= 0)
 		return retval;
 
 	if (val != 0 && val != 1)
-- 
1.7.8.6


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