3.8.13.14 -stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
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From: Peter Hurley <peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
commit 2b3097a294b6daaf390010de14ca50bfccbc6fb6 upstream.
Signed-off-by: Peter Hurley <peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Stanislav Kinsbursky <skinsbursky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
[ kamal: 3.8 stable prereq for
4e9b45a ipc, msg: fix message length check for negative values ]
Signed-off-by: Kamal Mostafa <kamal@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
ipc/msgutil.c | 10 +++-------
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/ipc/msgutil.c b/ipc/msgutil.c
index b79582d..d33fbb2 100644
--- a/ipc/msgutil.c
+++ b/ipc/msgutil.c
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ struct msg_msg *load_msg(const void __user *src, int len)
{
struct msg_msg *msg;
struct msg_msgseg *seg;
- int err;
+ int err = -EFAULT;
int alen;
msg = alloc_msg(len);
@@ -92,19 +92,15 @@ struct msg_msg *load_msg(const void __user *src, int len)
return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
alen = min(len, DATALEN_MSG);
- if (copy_from_user(msg + 1, src, alen)) {
- err = -EFAULT;
+ if (copy_from_user(msg + 1, src, alen))
goto out_err;
- }
for (seg = msg->next; seg != NULL; seg = seg->next) {
len -= alen;
src = (char __user *)src + alen;
alen = min(len, DATALEN_SEG);
- if (copy_from_user(seg + 1, src, alen)) {
- err = -EFAULT;
+ if (copy_from_user(seg + 1, src, alen))
goto out_err;
- }
}
err = security_msg_msg_alloc(msg);
--
1.8.3.2
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