linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/2] io_uring/kbuf: fix signedness in this

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Message-ID: <tencent_4DBB3674C0419BEC2C0C525949DA410CA307@qq.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2025 19:43:39 +0800
From: Qingyue Zhang <chunzhennn@...com>
To: axboe@...nel.dk
Cc: io-uring@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Qingyue Zhang <chunzhennn@...com>,
	Suoxing Zhang <aftern00n@...com>
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] io_uring/kbuf: fix signedness in this_len calculation

When importing and using buffers, buf->len is considered unsigned.
However, buf->len is converted to signed int when committing. This
can lead to unexpected behavior if buffer is large enough to be
interpreted as a negative value. Make min_t calculation unsigned.

Co-developed-by: Suoxing Zhang <aftern00n@...com>
Signed-off-by: Suoxing Zhang <aftern00n@...com>
Signed-off-by: Qingyue Zhang <chunzhennn@...com>
---
 io_uring/kbuf.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/io_uring/kbuf.c b/io_uring/kbuf.c
index f2d2cc319faa..81a13338dfab 100644
--- a/io_uring/kbuf.c
+++ b/io_uring/kbuf.c
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ static bool io_kbuf_inc_commit(struct io_buffer_list *bl, int len)
 		u32 this_len;
 
 		buf = io_ring_head_to_buf(bl->buf_ring, bl->head, bl->mask);
-		this_len = min_t(int, len, buf->len);
+		this_len = min_t(u32, len, buf->len);
 		buf->len -= this_len;
 		if (buf->len) {
 			buf->addr += this_len;
-- 
2.48.1