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Date:	Fri, 10 Dec 2010 16:52:59 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	nikai@...ai.net
Cc:	error27@...il.com, isdn@...ux-pingi.de, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch] isdn: return -EFAULT if copy_from_user() fails

From: David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2010 16:50:03 -0800 (PST)

> From: David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
> Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2010 16:47:21 -0800 (PST)
> 
>> From: Nicolas Kaiser <nikai@...ai.net>
>> Date: Sat, 11 Dec 2010 01:41:54 +0100
>> 
>>> Ahem, we're printing this return value:
>>> 
>>> * Dan Carpenter <error27@...il.com>:
>>>> -	if ((ret = copy_from_user(&size, p, sizeof(int)))) {
>>>              ^^^
>>>> +	if (copy_from_user(&size, p, sizeof(int))) {
>>>>  		printk(KERN_ERR"isar_load_firmware copy_from_user ret %d\n", ret);
>>>                                                                              ^^^
>>>> -		return ret;
>>>> +		return -EFAULT;
>> 
>> I'll fix this, thanks.
> 
> As follows:

Ugh, that was buggy, let's try this :-)

--------------------
isdn: Fix printed out copy_from_user() return value after previous change.

Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
---
 drivers/isdn/hisax/isar.c |    7 ++++---
 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/isdn/hisax/isar.c b/drivers/isdn/hisax/isar.c
index c9cd4d2..d4cce33 100644
--- a/drivers/isdn/hisax/isar.c
+++ b/drivers/isdn/hisax/isar.c
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ ISARVersion(struct IsdnCardState *cs, char *s)
 static int
 isar_load_firmware(struct IsdnCardState *cs, u_char __user *buf)
 {
-	int ret, size, cnt, debug;
+	int cfu_ret, ret, size, cnt, debug;
 	u_char len, nom, noc;
 	u_short sadr, left, *sp;
 	u_char __user *p = buf;
@@ -212,8 +212,9 @@ isar_load_firmware(struct IsdnCardState *cs, u_char __user *buf)
 	cs->debug &= ~(L1_DEB_HSCX | L1_DEB_HSCX_FIFO);
 #endif
 	
-	if (copy_from_user(&size, p, sizeof(int))) {
-		printk(KERN_ERR"isar_load_firmware copy_from_user ret %d\n", ret);
+	cfu_ret = copy_from_user(&size, p, sizeof(int));
+	if (cfu_ret) {
+		printk(KERN_ERR"isar_load_firmware copy_from_user ret %d\n", cfu_ret);
 		return -EFAULT;
 	}
 	p += sizeof(int);
-- 
1.7.3.2

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