linux-kernel - [Patch 7/9] fs/exec.c: fix wrong return value of prepare

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Date:	Thu,  8 May 2008 21:52:32 +0800
From:	WANG Cong <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>
To:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>,
	WANG Cong <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>,
	WANG Cong <wangcong@...ux.org>,
	Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
Subject: [Patch 7/9] fs/exec.c: fix wrong return value of prepare_binprm()

All prepare_binprm()'s callers assume that prepare_binprm() fails
when it returns negative. However, prepare_binprm() most probably returns
the return value of kernel_read(), which may return positive on failure!

Thus this should be fixed.

Signed-off-by: WANG Cong <wangcong@...ux.org>
Cc: Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>

---
diff --git a/fs/exec.c b/fs/exec.c
index aeaa979..0237541 100644
--- a/fs/exec.c
+++ b/fs/exec.c
@@ -1063,7 +1063,11 @@ int prepare_binprm(struct linux_binprm *bprm)
 		return retval;
 
 	memset(bprm->buf,0,BINPRM_BUF_SIZE);
-	return kernel_read(bprm->file,0,bprm->buf,BINPRM_BUF_SIZE);
+	retval = kernel_read(bprm->file, 0, bprm->buf, BINPRM_BUF_SIZE);
+	if (retval < 0)
+		return retval;
+	if (retval != BINPRM_BUF_SIZE && retval != inode->i_size)
+		return -EIO;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(prepare_binprm);
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