The userpace expects to read the number of bytes stated in the header. Returning the size of the buffer instead would be unexpected. Fixes: 095531f891e6 ("tpm: return a TPM_RC_COMMAND_CODE response if command is not implemented") Signed-off-by: Ricardo Schwarzmeier <Ricardo.Schwarzmeier@xxxxxxxxxxxx> --- v2: *Add fixes tag v3: *Avoid endianness problem *Make commit message more clear v4: *Fix commit message style v5: *Add change log drivers/char/tpm/tpm-interface.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-interface.c b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-interface.c index e32f6e85dc6d..7f2e2d54894d 100644 --- a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-interface.c +++ b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-interface.c @@ -423,7 +423,7 @@ static ssize_t tpm_try_transmit(struct tpm_chip *chip, header->tag = cpu_to_be16(TPM2_ST_NO_SESSIONS); header->return_code = cpu_to_be32(TPM2_RC_COMMAND_CODE | TSS2_RESMGR_TPM_RC_LAYER); - return bufsiz; + return sizeof(*header); } if (bufsiz > TPM_BUFSIZE) -- 2.17.1