Re: [PATCH] n_tty: check for negative and zero space return from tty_write_room

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On 3/28/2019 10:40 PM, Colin King wrote:
From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

The return from tty_write_room could potentially be negative if
a tty write_room driver returns an error number (not that any seem
to do). Rather than just check for a zero return, also check for
a -ve return. This avoids the unsigned nr being set to a large unsigned
value on the assignment from variable space and can lead to overflowing
the buffer buf.  Better to be safe than assume all write_room
implementations in tty drivers are going to do the right thing.

Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>


Looks reasonable to me.


Reviewed-by: Mukesh Ojha <mojha@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

-Mukesh.


---
  drivers/tty/n_tty.c | 2 +-
  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/tty/n_tty.c b/drivers/tty/n_tty.c
index 9cdb0fa3c4bf..66630787fbf9 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/n_tty.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/n_tty.c
@@ -550,7 +550,7 @@ static ssize_t process_output_block(struct tty_struct *tty,
  	mutex_lock(&ldata->output_lock);
space = tty_write_room(tty);
-	if (!space) {
+	if (space <= 0) {
  		mutex_unlock(&ldata->output_lock);
  		return 0;
  	}



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