Re: [PATCH] file2bin: Pass the right values to size and count parameters for fread()

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On Mon, 2020-10-19 at 15:22 -0700, Lakshmi Ramasubramanian wrote:
> On 10/19/20 3:12 PM, Mimi Zohar wrote:
> > Hi Lakshmi,
> > 
> > On Mon, 2020-10-19 at 13:05 -0700, Lakshmi Ramasubramanian wrote:
> >> The 2nd parameter to fread() namely "size" specifies the size, in
> >> bytes of each element to be read, and the 3rd parameter namely "count"
> >> specifies the number of elements, each one with a size of "size" bytes.
> >>
> >>   size_t fread ( void * ptr, size_t size, size_t count, FILE * stream );
> >>
> >> But in the function file2bin() the values passed to "size" and "count"
> >> are reversed causing the function to return an error eventhough the file
> >> was sucdessfully read.
> >>
> >> Pass the right values to "size" and "count" parameters for fread() in
> >> the function file2bin().
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Lakshmi Ramasubramanian <nramas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> ---
> >>   src/evmctl.c | 3 ++-
> >>   1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >>
> >> diff --git a/src/evmctl.c b/src/evmctl.c
> >> index 7ad1150..d49988e 100644
> >> --- a/src/evmctl.c
> >> +++ b/src/evmctl.c
> >> @@ -221,7 +221,8 @@ static unsigned char *file2bin(const char *file, const char *ext, int *size)
> >>   		fclose(fp);
> >>   		return NULL;
> >>   	}
> >> -	if (fread(data, len, 1, fp) != len) {
> >> +
> >> +	if (fread(data, 1, len, fp) != len) {
> >>   		log_err("Failed to fread %zu bytes: %s\n", len, name);
> >>   		fclose(fp);
> >>   		free(data);
> > 
> > Wasn't this problem addressed by Vitaly's patch.  Please look at commit
> > c89e8508864b ("ima-evm-utils: Fix reading of sigfile").
> > 
> 
> You are right Mimi. I missed the patch posted by Vitaly. Sorry for the 
> duplicate one.
> 
> Looks like Vitaly's change hasn't been merged to "master" branch yet in 
> https://github.com/pevik/ima-evm-utils

Only after the release would it be in master.   Until then it would be
in next, which it isn't either.   Can I add your Reviewed-by tag on
this patched? 

thanks,

Mimi





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