dump_emit() has a retry loop, but there seems to be no way for that retry
logic to actually be used; and it was also buggy, writing the same data
repeatedly after a short write.
Let's just bail out on a short write.
Suggested-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Jann Horn <jannh@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/coredump.c | 22 +++++++++++-----------
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/coredump.c b/fs/coredump.c
index 76e7c10edfc0..5e24c06092c9 100644
--- a/fs/coredump.c
+++ b/fs/coredump.c
@@ -840,17 +840,17 @@ int dump_emit(struct coredump_params *cprm, const void *addr, int nr)
ssize_t n;
if (cprm->written + nr > cprm->limit)
return 0;
- while (nr) {
- if (dump_interrupted())
- return 0;
- n = __kernel_write(file, addr, nr, &pos);
- if (n <= 0)
- return 0;
- file->f_pos = pos;
- cprm->written += n;
- cprm->pos += n;
- nr -= n;
- }
+
+
+ if (dump_interrupted())
+ return 0;
+ n = __kernel_write(file, addr, nr, &pos);
+ if (n != nr)
+ return 0;
+ file->f_pos = pos;
+ cprm->written += n;
+ cprm->pos += n;
+
return 1;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(dump_emit);
--
2.28.0.297.g1956fa8f8d-goog
