On 4/3/24 8:16 PM, Sasha Levin wrote:
> From: Karina Yankevich <k.yankevich@xxxxxx>
>
> [ Upstream commit d6429a3555fb29f380c5841a12f5ac3f7444af03 ]
>
> In sddr55_{read|write}_data(), the address variables are needlessly typed
> as *unsigned long* -- which is 32-bit type on the 32-bit arches and 64-bit
> type on the 64-bit arches; those variables' value should fit into just 3
> command bytes and consists of 10-bit block # (or at least the max block #
> seems to be 1023) and 4-/5-bit page # within a block, so 32-bit *unsigned*
> *int* type should be more than enough...
>
> Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with the Svace static
> analysis tool.
>
> [Sergey: rewrote the patch subject/description]
>
> Signed-off-by: Karina Yankevich <k.yankevich@xxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Sergey Shtylyov <s.shtylyov@xxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Alan Stern <stern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/4c9485f2-0bfc-591b-bfe7-2059289b554e@xxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
[...]
I doubt this is worth pulling into the stable kernels, it
does not fix any serious issue...
MBR, Sergey
