linux-kernel - [patch 5/6] Staging: gdm72xx: underflow bug in gdm_wimax_ioctl_get

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Date:	Mon, 22 Feb 2016 22:33:09 +0300
From:	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
To:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:	Wim de With <nauxuron@...dewith.com>, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
	One Thousand Gnomes <gnomes@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Subject: [patch 5/6] Staging: gdm72xx: underflow bug in
 gdm_wimax_ioctl_get_data()

"size" here should be unsigned, otherwise we might end up trying to copy
negative bytes in gdm_wimax_ioctl_get_data() resulting in an information
leak.

Reported-by: Alan Cox <gnomes@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>

diff --git a/drivers/staging/gdm72xx/wm_ioctl.h b/drivers/staging/gdm72xx/wm_ioctl.h
index 631cb1d..032cb07 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/gdm72xx/wm_ioctl.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/gdm72xx/wm_ioctl.h
@@ -74,12 +74,12 @@ struct fsm_s {
 };
 
 struct data_s {
-	int	size;
+	unsigned int size;
 	void	*buf;
 };
 
 struct udata_s {
-	int		size;
+	unsigned int	size;
 	void __user	*buf;
 };