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. Make 'val' unsigned long long as what kstrtoull() takes, this will eliminate the compile warning on no 64-bit architectures. Fixes: f7b88631a897 ("fs/libfs.c: fix simple_attr_write() on 32bit machines") Signed-off-by: Yicong Yang <yangyicong@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- Change since v1: - address the compile warning for non-64 bit platform. Change since v2: Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-fsdevel/1605000324-7428-1-git-send-email-yangyicong@xxxxxxxxxxxxx/ - make 'val' unsigned long long and mentioned in the commit Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-fsdevel/1605261369-551-1-git-send-email-yangyicong@xxxxxxxxxxxxx/ fs/libfs.c | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/libfs.c b/fs/libfs.c index fc34361..7124c2e 100644 --- a/fs/libfs.c +++ b/fs/libfs.c @@ -959,7 +959,7 @@ ssize_t simple_attr_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf, size_t len, loff_t *ppos) { struct simple_attr *attr; - u64 val; + unsigned long long val; size_t size; ssize_t ret; @@ -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