linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] xfs: check for negatives in xfs_exchange_range

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Date: Mon, 6 May 2024 23:06:17 -0700
From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...aro.org>
Cc: "Darrick J. Wong" <djwong@...nel.org>,
	Chandan Babu R <chandan.babu@...cle.com>, linux-xfs@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] xfs: check for negatives in xfs_exchange_range_checks()

On Sat, May 04, 2024 at 02:27:36PM +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> The fxr->file1_offset and fxr->file2_offset variables come from the user
> in xfs_ioc_exchange_range().  They are size loff_t which is an s64.
> Check the they aren't negative.
> 
> Fixes: 9a64d9b3109d ("xfs: introduce new file range exchange ioctl")

In this commit file1_offset and file2_offset are u64.  They used to
be u64 in the initial submission, but we changed that as part of the
review process.