linux-kernel - [tip:perf/core] perf tools: Fix handling read result using a signed variable

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Message-ID: <tip-38349665388fb079fb2bc8c46db9446dd976802a@git.kernel.org>
Date:	Thu, 8 Oct 2015 02:46:59 -0700
From:	tip-bot for Andrzej Hajda <tipbot@...or.com>
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	b.zolnierkie@...sung.com, hpa@...or.com, m.szyprowski@...sung.com,
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Subject: [tip:perf/core] perf tools:
  Fix handling read result using a signed variable

Commit-ID:  38349665388fb079fb2bc8c46db9446dd976802a
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/38349665388fb079fb2bc8c46db9446dd976802a
Author:     Andrzej Hajda <a.hajda@...sung.com>
AuthorDate: Tue, 6 Oct 2015 11:00:17 +0200
Committer:  Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
CommitDate: Tue, 6 Oct 2015 18:04:59 -0300

perf tools: Fix handling read result using a signed variable

The function can return negative value, assigning it to unsigned
variable can cause memory corruption.

The problem has been detected using proposed semantic patch
scripts/coccinelle/tests/unsigned_lesser_than_zero.cocci [1].

[1]: http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/2038576

Signed-off-by: Andrzej Hajda <a.hajda@...sung.com>
Cc: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@...sung.com>
Cc: Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski@...sung.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
Cc: kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1444122017-16856-1-git-send-email-a.hajda@samsung.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
---
 tools/perf/util/event.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/event.c b/tools/perf/util/event.c
index cb98b5a..8b10621 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/event.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/event.c
@@ -67,7 +67,8 @@ static int perf_event__get_comm_ids(pid_t pid, char *comm, size_t len,
 	char filename[PATH_MAX];
 	char bf[4096];
 	int fd;
-	size_t size = 0, n;
+	size_t size = 0;
+	ssize_t n;
 	char *nl, *name, *tgids, *ppids;
 
 	*tgid = -1;
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