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bfa: integer overflow bug in debugfs

PATCH New Dan Carpenter 1 participant 1 message Oct 19, 2015

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PATCH 1/1 bfa: integer overflow bug in debugfs

The "len << 2" operation can have an integer overflow and leading to a kernel crash. This is debugfs and thus root only so no one really cares, but we should fix it anyway just to make the static checker happy.

drivers/scsi/bfa/bfad_debugfs.c +3 -2
index 74a307c..d5832b1 100644
@@ -254,7 +254,8 @@ bfad_debugfs_write_regrd(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
 	struct bfad_s *bfad = port->bfad;
 	struct bfa_s *bfa = &bfad->bfa;
 	struct bfa_ioc_s *ioc = &bfa->ioc;
-	int addr, len, rc, i;
+	unsigned int len;
+	int addr, rc, i;
 	u32 *regbuf;
 	void __iomem *rb, *reg_addr;
 	unsigned long flags;
@@ -265,7 +266,7 @@ bfad_debugfs_write_regrd(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
 		return PTR_ERR(kern_buf);
 
 	rc = sscanf(kern_buf, "%x:%x", &addr, &len);
-	if (rc < 2) {
+	if (rc < 2 || len > UINT_MAX >> 2) {
 		printk(KERN_INFO
 			"bfad[%d]: %s failed to read user buf\n",
 			bfad->inst_no, __func__);