linux-kernel - [PATCH] iio: core: Fix suspicious sizeof usage

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:   Tue, 25 Apr 2017 09:16:56 +0800
From:   Orson Zhai <orson.zhai@...eadtrum.com>
To:     <jic23@...nel.org>, <knaack.h@....de>, <lars@...afoo.de>,
        <pmeerw@...erw.net>
CC:     <linux-iio@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Orson Zhai <orson.zhai@...eadtrum.com>
Subject: [PATCH] iio: core: Fix suspicious sizeof usage

Pointer size is variours in different system, say 32bit for 4 and 64bit
for 8. The 'sizeof(infomask)' may lead to wrong bit numbers.

Signed-off-by: Orson Zhai <orson.zhai@...eadtrum.com>
---
 drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c b/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c
index 3ff91e0..795f53c 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c
@@ -1089,7 +1089,7 @@ static int iio_device_add_info_mask_type(struct iio_dev *indio_dev,
 {
 	int i, ret, attrcount = 0;
 
-	for_each_set_bit(i, infomask, sizeof(infomask)*8) {
+	for_each_set_bit(i, infomask, sizeof(*infomask)*8) {
 		if (i >= ARRAY_SIZE(iio_chan_info_postfix))
 			return -EINVAL;
 		ret = __iio_add_chan_devattr(iio_chan_info_postfix[i],
@@ -1118,7 +1118,7 @@ static int iio_device_add_info_mask_type_avail(struct iio_dev *indio_dev,
 	int i, ret, attrcount = 0;
 	char *avail_postfix;
 
-	for_each_set_bit(i, infomask, sizeof(infomask) * 8) {
+	for_each_set_bit(i, infomask, sizeof(*infomask) * 8) {
 		avail_postfix = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL,
 					  "%s_available",
 					  iio_chan_info_postfix[i]);
-- 
1.9.1