linux-kernel - [PATCH v2] eeprom: idt_89hpesx: uninitialized data in idt_dbgfs_csr

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Date:   Fri, 8 Jul 2022 16:46:38 +0300
From:   Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
To:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Serge Semin <fancer.lancer@...il.com>
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v2] eeprom: idt_89hpesx: uninitialized data in
 idt_dbgfs_csr_write()

The simple_write_to_buffer() function will return positive/success if it
is able to write a single byte anywhere within the buffer.  However that
potentially leaves a lot of the buffer uninitialized.

In this code it's better to return 0 if the offset is non-zero.  This
code is not written to support partial writes.  And then return -EFAULT
if the buffer is not completely initialized.

Fixes: cfad6425382e ("eeprom: Add IDT 89HPESx EEPROM/CSR driver")
Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
---
v2: In v1, I tried to be fancy and use strndup_user().  That potentially
breaks the user space API.  I cannot test this code so it's better to be
conservative.

 drivers/misc/eeprom/idt_89hpesx.c | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/misc/eeprom/idt_89hpesx.c b/drivers/misc/eeprom/idt_89hpesx.c
index b0cff4b152da..7f430742ce2b 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/eeprom/idt_89hpesx.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/eeprom/idt_89hpesx.c
@@ -909,14 +909,18 @@ static ssize_t idt_dbgfs_csr_write(struct file *filep, const char __user *ubuf,
 	u32 csraddr, csrval;
 	char *buf;
 
+	if (*offp)
+		return 0;
+
 	/* Copy data from User-space */
 	buf = kmalloc(count + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!buf)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	ret = simple_write_to_buffer(buf, count, offp, ubuf, count);
-	if (ret < 0)
+	if (copy_from_user(buf, ubuf, count)) {
+		ret = -EFAULT;
 		goto free_buf;
+	}
 	buf[count] = 0;
 
 	/* Find position of colon in the buffer */
-- 
2.35.1