When writing to node_desc sysfs using echo a new line symbol will be stored at the end of the string, avoid that by dropping the new line symbol and also make sure to return -EINVAL when the supplied string is bigger then IB_DEVICE_NODE_DESC_MAX. Fixes: c5bcbbb9fe00 ("IB: Allow userspace to set node description") Signed-off-by: Kamal Heib <kamalheib1@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/infiniband/core/sysfs.c | 11 ++++++++++- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/sysfs.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/sysfs.c index 087682e6969e..2de5f6710c0b 100644 --- a/drivers/infiniband/core/sysfs.c +++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/sysfs.c @@ -1263,12 +1263,21 @@ static ssize_t node_desc_store(struct device *device, { struct ib_device *dev = rdma_device_to_ibdev(device); struct ib_device_modify desc = {}; + size_t len; int ret; if (!dev->ops.modify_device) return -EOPNOTSUPP; - memcpy(desc.node_desc, buf, min_t(int, count, IB_DEVICE_NODE_DESC_MAX)); + if (count > IB_DEVICE_NODE_DESC_MAX) + return -EINVAL; + + len = strlen(buf); + if (buf[len - 1] == '\n') + len--; + + strncpy(desc.node_desc, buf, len); + desc.node_desc[len] = 0; ret = ib_modify_device(dev, IB_DEVICE_MODIFY_NODE_DESC, &desc); if (ret) return ret; -- 2.21.0