netdev - [PATCH 10/11] batman-adv: Directly check read of icmp packet in copy_from

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Date:	Mon, 12 Dec 2011 19:31:54 +0800
From:	Marek Lindner <lindner_marek@...oo.de>
To:	davem@...emloft.net
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, b.a.t.m.a.n@...ts.open-mesh.org,
	Sven Eckelmann <sven@...fation.org>,
	Marek Lindner <lindner_marek@...oo.de>
Subject: [PATCH 10/11] batman-adv: Directly check read of icmp packet in copy_from_user

From: Sven Eckelmann <sven@...fation.org>

The access_ok read check can be directly done in copy_from_user since a failure
of access_ok is handled the same way as an error in __copy_from_user.

Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@...fation.org>
Signed-off-by: Marek Lindner <lindner_marek@...oo.de>
---
 net/batman-adv/icmp_socket.c |    7 +------
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/batman-adv/icmp_socket.c b/net/batman-adv/icmp_socket.c
index 88ab26f..3b04fff 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/icmp_socket.c
+++ b/net/batman-adv/icmp_socket.c
@@ -187,12 +187,7 @@ static ssize_t bat_socket_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buff,
 	skb_reserve(skb, sizeof(struct ethhdr));
 	icmp_packet = (struct icmp_packet_rr *)skb_put(skb, packet_len);
 
-	if (!access_ok(VERIFY_READ, buff, packet_len)) {
-		len = -EFAULT;
-		goto free_skb;
-	}
-
-	if (__copy_from_user(icmp_packet, buff, packet_len)) {
+	if (copy_from_user(icmp_packet, buff, packet_len)) {
 		len = -EFAULT;
 		goto free_skb;
 	}
-- 
1.7.5.4

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