linux-kernel - [PATCH 5.0 114/238] device property: Fix the length used in PROPERTY_ENTRY

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Date:   Fri, 22 Mar 2019 12:15:33 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org,
        Heikki Krogerus <heikki.krogerus@...ux.intel.com>,
        Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>
Subject: [PATCH 5.0 114/238] device property: Fix the length used in PROPERTY_ENTRY_STRING()

5.0-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Heikki Krogerus <heikki.krogerus@...ux.intel.com>

commit 2b6e492467c78183bb629bb0a100ea3509b615a5 upstream.

With string type property entries we need to use
sizeof(const char *) instead of the number of characters as
the length of the entry.

If the string was shorter then sizeof(const char *),
attempts to read it would have failed with -EOVERFLOW. The
problem has been hidden because all build-in string
properties have had a string longer then 8 characters until
now.

Fixes: a85f42047533 ("device property: helper macros for property entry creation")
Cc: 4.5+ <stable@...r.kernel.org> # 4.5+
Signed-off-by: Heikki Krogerus <heikki.krogerus@...ux.intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>

---
 include/linux/property.h |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/include/linux/property.h
+++ b/include/linux/property.h
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ struct property_entry {
 #define PROPERTY_ENTRY_STRING(_name_, _val_)		\
 (struct property_entry) {				\
 	.name = _name_,					\
-	.length = sizeof(_val_),			\
+	.length = sizeof(const char *),			\
 	.type = DEV_PROP_STRING,			\
 	{ .value = { .str = _val_ } },			\
 }