linux-kernel - [PATCH 3/5] test_kmod: fix bug which allows negative values on two config options

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Message-Id: <20170802211450.27928-4-mcgrof@kernel.org>
Date:   Wed,  2 Aug 2017 14:14:48 -0700
From:   "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@...nel.org>
To:     akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Cc:     dmitry.torokhov@...il.com, keescook@...omium.org, jeyu@...hat.com,
        rusty@...tcorp.com.au, mmarek@...e.com, pmladek@...e.com,
        mbenes@...e.cz, jpoimboe@...hat.com, ebiederm@...ssion.com,
        shuah@...nel.org, dan.carpenter@...cle.com,
        colin.king@...onical.com, dcb314@...mail.com,
        linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 3/5] test_kmod: fix bug which allows negative values on two config options

Parsing with kstrtol() enables values to be negative, and we failed
to check for negative values when parsing with either
test_dev_config_update_uint_sync() or
test_dev_config_update_uint_range().

test_dev_config_update_uint_range() has a minimum check though so an
issue is not present there. test_dev_config_update_uint_sync() is only
used for the number of threads to use (config_num_threads_store()),
and indeed this would fail with an attempt for a large allocation.

Although the issue is only present in practice with the first fix
both by using kstrtoul() instead of kstrtol().

Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
Fixes: 39258f448d71 ("kmod: add test driver to stress test the module loader")
Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@...nel.org>
---
 lib/test_kmod.c | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/test_kmod.c b/lib/test_kmod.c
index 90c91541fc16..8fc0a7a19c83 100644
--- a/lib/test_kmod.c
+++ b/lib/test_kmod.c
@@ -880,10 +880,10 @@ static int test_dev_config_update_uint_sync(struct kmod_test_device *test_dev,
 					    int (*test_sync)(struct kmod_test_device *test_dev))
 {
 	int ret;
-	long new;
+	unsigned long new;
 	unsigned int old_val;
 
-	ret = kstrtol(buf, 10, &new);
+	ret = kstrtoul(buf, 10, &new);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
@@ -918,9 +918,9 @@ static int test_dev_config_update_uint_range(struct kmod_test_device *test_dev,
 					     unsigned int max)
 {
 	int ret;
-	long new;
+	unsigned long new;
 
-	ret = kstrtol(buf, 10, &new);
+	ret = kstrtoul(buf, 10, &new);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
-- 
2.11.0