block/ioctl.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
kernel ulong and compat_ulong_t may not be same width. Use type directly
to eliminate mismatches.
This would result in truncation rather than EFBIG for 32bit mode for
large disks.
Reviewed-by: Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@acm.org>
Signed-off-by: Khazhismel Kumykov <khazhy@google.com>
---
block/ioctl.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
v2: addressed bart's comment
diff --git a/block/ioctl.c b/block/ioctl.c
index 4a86340133e4..f8703db99c73 100644
--- a/block/ioctl.c
+++ b/block/ioctl.c
@@ -629,7 +629,7 @@ long compat_blkdev_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned cmd, unsigned long arg)
return compat_put_long(argp,
(bdev->bd_disk->bdi->ra_pages * PAGE_SIZE) / 512);
case BLKGETSIZE:
- if (bdev_nr_sectors(bdev) > ~0UL)
+ if (bdev_nr_sectors(bdev) > ~(compat_ulong_t)0)
return -EFBIG;
return compat_put_ulong(argp, bdev_nr_sectors(bdev));
--
2.36.0.rc0.470.gd361397f0d-goog
On Thu, 14 Apr 2022 15:40:56 -0700, Khazhismel Kumykov wrote:
> kernel ulong and compat_ulong_t may not be same width. Use type directly
> to eliminate mismatches.
>
> This would result in truncation rather than EFBIG for 32bit mode for
> large disks.
>
>
> [...]
Applied, thanks!
[1/1] block/compat_ioctl: fix range check in BLKGETSIZE
commit: ccf16413e520164eb718cf8b22a30438da80ff23
Best regards,
--
Jens Axboe
On 4/14/22 15:40, Khazhismel Kumykov wrote: > kernel ulong and compat_ulong_t may not be same width. Use type directly > to eliminate mismatches. > > This would result in truncation rather than EFBIG for 32bit mode for > large disks. > > Reviewed-by: Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@acm.org> > Signed-off-by: Khazhismel Kumykov <khazhy@google.com> > --- Looks good. Reviewed-by: Chaitanya Kulkarni <kch@nvidia.com> -ck
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