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alpha: PTR_ERR overwrites -EINVAL in syscall osf_mount
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alpha-ptr_err-overwrites-einval-in-syscall-osf_mount.patch
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Subject: alpha: PTR_ERR overwrites -EINVAL in syscall osf_mount
From: Roel Kluin <roel.kluin@xxxxxxxxx>
The initial -EINVAL value is overwritten by `retval = PTR_ERR(name)'. If
this isn't an error pointer and typenr is not 1, 6 or 9, then this retval,
a pointer cast to a long, is returned.
Signed-off-by: Roel Kluin <roel.kluin@xxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Richard Henderson <rth@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ivan Kokshaysky <ink@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Matt Turner <mattst88@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/alpha/kernel/osf_sys.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff -puN arch/alpha/kernel/osf_sys.c~alpha-ptr_err-overwrites-einval-in-syscall-osf_mount arch/alpha/kernel/osf_sys.c
--- a/arch/alpha/kernel/osf_sys.c~alpha-ptr_err-overwrites-einval-in-syscall-osf_mount
+++ a/arch/alpha/kernel/osf_sys.c
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ osf_procfs_mount(char *dirname, struct p
SYSCALL_DEFINE4(osf_mount, unsigned long, typenr, char __user *, path,
int, flag, void __user *, data)
{
- int retval = -EINVAL;
+ int retval;
char *name;
name = getname(path);
@@ -379,6 +379,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE4(osf_mount, unsigned long
retval = osf_procfs_mount(name, data, flag);
break;
default:
+ retval = -EINVAL;
printk("osf_mount(%ld, %x)\n", typenr, flag);
}
putname(name);
_
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