On Sat, Jul 07, 2018 at 10:29:26AM +0200, Samuel Thibault wrote:
> Re,
>
> Could you review, test, and resubmit the patch below instead?
>
> Samuel
>
>
> If softsynthx_read() is called with `count < 3`, `count - 3` wraps, causing
> the loop to copy as much data as available to the provided buffer. If
> softsynthx_read() is invoked through sys_splice(), this causes an
> unbounded kernel write; but even when userspace just reads from it
> normally, a small size could cause userspace crashes.
>
> Fixes: 425e586cf95b ("speakup: add unicode variant of /dev/softsynth")
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
You forgot a "reported-by:" line :(
also, I already applied Jann's patch, so could you either just send the
fixup, or a revert/add of this patch once you all agree on the proper
solution here?
thanks,
greg k-h
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