linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] iio: ad5755: fix off-by-one on devnr limit check

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Date:   Mon, 29 Aug 2016 16:16:58 +0100
From:   Jonathan Cameron <jic23@...nel.org>
To:     Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@...afoo.de>,
        Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>,
        Michael Hennerich <Michael.Hennerich@...log.com>,
        Hartmut Knaack <knaack.h@....de>,
        Peter Meerwald-Stadler <pmeerw@...erw.net>,
        linux-iio@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] iio: ad5755: fix off-by-one on devnr limit check

On 21/08/16 21:07, Lars-Peter Clausen wrote:
> On 08/21/2016 09:30 PM, Jonathan Cameron wrote:
>> On 25/07/16 23:40, Colin King wrote:
>>> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
>>>
>>> The comparison for devnr limits is off-by-one, the current check
>>> allows 0 to AD5755_NUM_CHANNELS and the limit should be in fact
>>> 0 to AD5755_NUM_CHANNELS - 1.  This can lead to an out of bounds
>>> write to pdata->dac[devnr]. Fix this by replacing > with >= on the
>>> comparison.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
>> Lars? 
>>
>> Looks correct to me.
>>
>> I'd also like a fixes tag for this if possible.  Guessing it
>> might well be the original driver introduction but best to be
>> sure ;)
> 
> It's new in 4.8-rc1. It was introduced by the devictree support patch.
> 
> Fixes: c947459979c6 ("iio: ad5755: add support for dt bindings")
Thanks Lars,

Applied to the togreg branch of iio.git - initially pushed out as
testing for the autobuilders to play with it.

Thanks,

Jonathan
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