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authorAl Viro <viro@ftp.linux.org.uk>2006-09-23 21:20:56 +0400
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org>2006-09-23 22:34:43 +0400
commit4ac493b1d5bfd332f3dee64baaa620961bab6cdc (patch)
tree276fcdaaad3efc3bbe259a48b2308865b9aefb63
parent2efc80cb8ddc341d81de996920e3b2ad8a12b1f7 (diff)
downloadlinux-4ac493b1d5bfd332f3dee64baaa620961bab6cdc.tar.xz
[PATCH] briq_panel: read() and write() get __user pointers, damnit
annotated, fixed a roothole in ->write(). Dereferencing user-supplied pointer is a Bad Idea(tm)... Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
-rw-r--r--drivers/char/briq_panel.c17
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/char/briq_panel.c b/drivers/char/briq_panel.c
index caae795dd3e7..b8c22255f6ad 100644
--- a/drivers/char/briq_panel.c
+++ b/drivers/char/briq_panel.c
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ static int briq_panel_release(struct inode *ino, struct file *filep)
return 0;
}
-static ssize_t briq_panel_read(struct file *file, char *buf, size_t count,
+static ssize_t briq_panel_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf, size_t count,
loff_t *ppos)
{
unsigned short c;
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ static void scroll_vfd( void )
vfd_cursor = 20;
}
-static ssize_t briq_panel_write(struct file *file, const char *buf, size_t len,
+static ssize_t briq_panel_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf, size_t len,
loff_t *ppos)
{
size_t indx = len;
@@ -150,19 +150,22 @@ static ssize_t briq_panel_write(struct file *file, const char *buf, size_t len,
return -EBUSY;
for (;;) {
+ char c;
if (!indx)
break;
+ if (get_user(c, buf))
+ return -EFAULT;
if (esc) {
- set_led(*buf);
+ set_led(c);
esc = 0;
- } else if (*buf == 27) {
+ } else if (c == 27) {
esc = 1;
- } else if (*buf == 12) {
+ } else if (c == 12) {
/* do a form feed */
for (i=0; i<40; i++)
vfd[i] = ' ';
vfd_cursor = 0;
- } else if (*buf == 10) {
+ } else if (c == 10) {
if (vfd_cursor < 20)
vfd_cursor = 20;
else if (vfd_cursor < 40)
@@ -175,7 +178,7 @@ static ssize_t briq_panel_write(struct file *file, const char *buf, size_t len,
/* just a character */
if (vfd_cursor > 39)
scroll_vfd();
- vfd[vfd_cursor++] = *buf;
+ vfd[vfd_cursor++] = c;
}
indx--;
buf++;