This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
can: Use correct type in sizeof() in nla_put()
to the 4.1-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
can-use-correct-type-in-sizeof-in-nla_put.patch
and it can be found in the queue-4.1 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
>From 562b103a21974c2f9cd67514d110f918bb3e1796 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Marek Vasut <marex@xxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2015 13:48:19 +0100
Subject: can: Use correct type in sizeof() in nla_put()
From: Marek Vasut <marex@xxxxxxx>
commit 562b103a21974c2f9cd67514d110f918bb3e1796 upstream.
The sizeof() is invoked on an incorrect variable, likely due to some
copy-paste error, and this might result in memory corruption. Fix this.
Signed-off-by: Marek Vasut <marex@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Wolfgang Grandegger <wg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Marc Kleine-Budde <mkl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/can/dev.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
--- a/drivers/net/can/dev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/can/dev.c
@@ -915,7 +915,7 @@ static int can_fill_info(struct sk_buff
nla_put(skb, IFLA_CAN_BITTIMING_CONST,
sizeof(*priv->bittiming_const), priv->bittiming_const)) ||
- nla_put(skb, IFLA_CAN_CLOCK, sizeof(cm), &priv->clock) ||
+ nla_put(skb, IFLA_CAN_CLOCK, sizeof(priv->clock), &priv->clock) ||
nla_put_u32(skb, IFLA_CAN_STATE, state) ||
nla_put(skb, IFLA_CAN_CTRLMODE, sizeof(cm), &cm) ||
nla_put_u32(skb, IFLA_CAN_RESTART_MS, priv->restart_ms) ||
Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from marex@xxxxxxx are
queue-4.1/can-use-correct-type-in-sizeof-in-nla_put.patch
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