linux-kernel - [PATCH v5 02/45] mic_virtio: robust feature array size calculation

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Date:	Thu, 27 Nov 2014 14:30:06 +0200
From:	"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, cornelia.huck@...ibm.com,
	rusty@....ibm.com, nab@...ux-iscsi.org, pbonzini@...hat.com,
	thuth@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, dahi@...ux.vnet.ibm.com,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Ashutosh Dixit <ashutosh.dixit@...el.com>,
	Sudeep Dutt <sudeep.dutt@...el.com>,
	Nikhil Rao <nikhil.rao@...el.com>,
	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>,
	Siva Yerramreddy <yshivakrishna@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH v5 02/45] mic_virtio: robust feature array size calculation

mic reads sizeof(vdev->features) bits from device, but in fact it stores
bits in local features variable. use sizeof(features) to make code
robust against future changes extending sizeof(vdev->features).

Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@...hat.com>
---
 drivers/misc/mic/card/mic_virtio.c | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/misc/mic/card/mic_virtio.c b/drivers/misc/mic/card/mic_virtio.c
index 0acd564..2a6bc3f 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/mic/card/mic_virtio.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/mic/card/mic_virtio.c
@@ -76,8 +76,7 @@ static u32 mic_get_features(struct virtio_device *vdev)
 	u8 __iomem *in_features = mic_vq_features(desc);
 	int feature_len = ioread8(&desc->feature_len);
 
-	bits = min_t(unsigned, feature_len,
-		sizeof(vdev->features)) * 8;
+	bits = min_t(unsigned, feature_len, sizeof(features)) * 8;
 	for (i = 0; i < bits; i++)
 		if (ioread8(&in_features[i / 8]) & (BIT(i % 8)))
 			features |= BIT(i);
-- 
MST

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