linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] staging: gs_fpgaboot: add buffer overflow checks

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Date:   Tue, 18 Jul 2017 12:15:20 +0300
From:   Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
To:     Jacob von Chorus <jacobvonchorus@...hoto.ca>
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Insop Song <insop.song@...nspeed.com>,
        devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] staging: gs_fpgaboot: add buffer overflow checks

On Mon, Jul 17, 2017 at 08:47:25PM -0400, Jacob von Chorus wrote:
> -static void readinfo_bitstream(char *bitdata, char *buf, int *offset)
> +static int readinfo_bitstream(char *bitdata, char *buf, int size, int *offset)
>  {
>  	char tbuf[64];
>  	s32 len;
> @@ -59,9 +59,15 @@ static void readinfo_bitstream(char *bitdata, char *buf, int *offset)
>  	read_bitstream(bitdata, tbuf, offset, 2);
>  
>  	len = tbuf[0] << 8 | tbuf[1];
> +	if ((len + 1) > size) {
> +		pr_err("error: readinfo buffer too small\n");
> +		return -ETOOSMALL;

Probably the correct error code is -EINVAL.  I should have just said
that in the first email.

regards,
dan carpenter