Re: divide error in usbtmc_generic_read

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On Mon, Aug 19, 2019 at 3:09 PM Oliver Neukum <oneukum@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Am Montag, den 19.08.2019, 14:43 +0200 schrieb Andrey Konovalov:
> > On Mon, Aug 19, 2019 at 2:37 PM Oliver Neukum <oneukum@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > > The original error was a divide by zero. The first fix fixed that
> > > but still another error showed up. If I propose a fix there are
> > > other possibilities besides it working.
> > >
> > > I could have no effect on the original bug or my fix breaks
> > > something else and KASAN is making no difference between
> > > those cases.
> >
> > I think you mean syzbot here and not KASAN. Do I understand correctly,
> > that you're saying that the original report was
>
> Yes, sorry syzbot.
>
> > divide-by-zero, but
> > when you requested to test the patch the reproducer triggered a
> > use-after-free, and syzbot didn't treat the patch you provided as a
> > correct fix?
>
> No, obviously there is still a bug. What I would like syzbot to have
> would be a third category: inconclusive.
> Seeing another bug instead may also mean the first bug struck
> before the second could ever happen. We just lack data to tell.

OK, I see. The exact words that syzbot uses in this case are "syzbot
has tested the proposed patch but the reproducer still triggered
crash". What would you like to see instead?



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