linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1] printk: Fix incorrect __user type in proc_dointvec_minmax

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Message-ID: <YfyZAy+ZDZ4SXIFE@google.com>
Date:   Fri, 4 Feb 2022 12:09:55 +0900
From:   Sergey Senozhatsky <senozhatsky@...omium.org>
To:     Mickaël Salaün <mic@...ikod.net>
Cc:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        John Ogness <john.ogness@...utronix.de>,
        Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>,
        Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>,
        Sergey Senozhatsky <senozhatsky@...omium.org>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Xiaoming Ni <nixiaoming@...wei.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel test robot <lkp@...el.com>,
        Mickaël Salaün <mic@...ux.microsoft.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1] printk: Fix incorrect __user type in
 proc_dointvec_minmax_sysadmin()

On (22/02/03 15:50), Mickaël Salaün wrote:
> The move of proc_dointvec_minmax_sysadmin() from kernel/sysctl.c to
> kernel/printk/sysctl.c introduced an incorrect __user attribute to the
> buffer argument.  I spotted this change in [1] as well as the kernel
> test robot.  Revert this change to please sparse:
> 
> kernel/printk/sysctl.c:20:51: warning: incorrect type in argument 3 (different address spaces)
> kernel/printk/sysctl.c:20:51:    expected void *
> kernel/printk/sysctl.c:20:51:    got void [noderef] __user *buffer
> 
> Fixes: faaa357a55e0 ("printk: move printk sysctl to printk/sysctl.c")
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220104155024.48023-2-mic@digikod.net [1]
> Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@...el.com>
> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
> Cc: John Ogness <john.ogness@...utronix.de>
> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
> Cc: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>
> Cc: Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>
> Cc: Sergey Senozhatsky <senozhatsky@...omium.org>
> Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
> Cc: Xiaoming Ni <nixiaoming@...wei.com>
> Signed-off-by: Mickaël Salaün <mic@...ux.microsoft.com>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220203145029.272640-1-mic@digikod.net

Reviewed-by: Sergey Senozhatsky <senozhatsky@...omium.org>