With string type property entries we need to use
sizeof(const char *) instead of the number of characters as
the length of the entry.
If the string was shorter then sizeof(const char *),
attempts to read it would have failed with -EOVERFLOW. The
problem has been hidden because all build-in string
properties have had a string longer then 8 characters until
now.
Fixes: a85f42047533 ("device property: helper macros for property entry creation")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Heikki Krogerus <heikki.krogerus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/property.h | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/property.h b/include/linux/property.h
index 3789ec755fb6..65d3420dd5d1 100644
--- a/include/linux/property.h
+++ b/include/linux/property.h
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ struct property_entry {
#define PROPERTY_ENTRY_STRING(_name_, _val_) \
(struct property_entry) { \
.name = _name_, \
- .length = sizeof(_val_), \
+ .length = sizeof(const char *), \
.type = DEV_PROP_STRING, \
{ .value = { .str = _val_ } }, \
}
--
2.20.1
