The attr->set() receive a value of u64, but we use simple_strtoll() for doing the conversion. It will lead to the error cast if user inputs a negative value. Use kstrtoull() instead to resolve this issue, -EINVAL will be returned if a negative value is input. Fixes: f7b88631a897 ("fs/libfs.c: fix simple_attr_write() on 32bit machines") Signed-off-by: Yicong Yang <yangyicong@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/libfs.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/fs/libfs.c b/fs/libfs.c index e0d42e9..803c439 100644 --- a/fs/libfs.c +++ b/fs/libfs.c @@ -975,7 +975,9 @@ ssize_t simple_attr_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf, goto out; attr->set_buf[size] = '\0'; - val = simple_strtoll(attr->set_buf, NULL, 0); + ret = kstrtoull(attr->set_buf, 0, &val); + if (ret) + goto out; ret = attr->set(attr->data, val); if (ret == 0) ret = len; /* on success, claim we got the whole input */ -- 2.8.1