The attr->set() receive a value of u64, but simple_strtoll() is used for doing the conversion. It will lead to the error cast if user inputs a negative value. Use kstrtoull() instead of simple_strtoll() to convert a string got from the user to an unsigned value. The former will return '-EINVAL' if it gets a negetive value, but the latter can't handle the situation correctly. 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 fc34361..2dcf40e 100644 --- a/fs/libfs.c +++ b/fs/libfs.c @@ -977,7 +977,9 @@ 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