linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/3] tty: rocket: fix invalid user-pointer checks

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Date:   Tue,  8 Nov 2016 13:24:54 +0100
From:   Johan Hovold <johan@...nel.org>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.com>, linux-serial@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Johan Hovold <johan@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] tty: rocket: fix invalid user-pointer checks

Drop invalid user-pointer checks from custom ioctl handlers.

A NULL-pointer can be valid in user space and copy_to_user() takes care
of sanity checking.

Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold <johan@...nel.org>
---
 drivers/tty/rocket.c | 4 ----
 1 file changed, 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/tty/rocket.c b/drivers/tty/rocket.c
index b0cc47c77b40..d66c1edd9892 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/rocket.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/rocket.c
@@ -1189,8 +1189,6 @@ static int get_config(struct r_port *info, struct rocket_config __user *retinfo)
 {
 	struct rocket_config tmp;
 
-	if (!retinfo)
-		return -EFAULT;
 	memset(&tmp, 0, sizeof (tmp));
 	mutex_lock(&info->port.mutex);
 	tmp.line = info->line;
@@ -1255,8 +1253,6 @@ static int get_ports(struct r_port *info, struct rocket_ports __user *retports)
 	struct rocket_ports tmp;
 	int board;
 
-	if (!retports)
-		return -EFAULT;
 	memset(&tmp, 0, sizeof (tmp));
 	tmp.tty_major = rocket_driver->major;
 
-- 
2.7.3