This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
__bitmap_parselist: fix bug in empty string handling
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:
__bitmap_parselist-fix-bug-in-empty-string-handling.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 2528a8b8f457d7432552d0e2b6f0f4046bb702f4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2015 15:02:08 -0700
Subject: __bitmap_parselist: fix bug in empty string handling
From: Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@xxxxxxxxxx>
commit 2528a8b8f457d7432552d0e2b6f0f4046bb702f4 upstream.
bitmap_parselist("", &mask, nmaskbits) will erroneously set bit zero in
the mask. The same bug is visible in cpumask_parselist() since it is
layered on top of the bitmask code, e.g. if you boot with "isolcpus=",
you will actually end up with cpu zero isolated.
The bug was introduced in commit 4b060420a596 ("bitmap, irq: add
smp_affinity_list interface to /proc/irq") when bitmap_parselist() was
generalized to support userspace as well as kernelspace.
Fixes: 4b060420a596 ("bitmap, irq: add smp_affinity_list interface to /proc/irq")
Signed-off-by: Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Rasmus Villemoes <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
lib/bitmap.c | 17 +++++++++--------
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
--- a/lib/bitmap.c
+++ b/lib/bitmap.c
@@ -506,12 +506,12 @@ static int __bitmap_parselist(const char
unsigned a, b;
int c, old_c, totaldigits;
const char __user __force *ubuf = (const char __user __force *)buf;
- int exp_digit, in_range;
+ int at_start, in_range;
totaldigits = c = 0;
bitmap_zero(maskp, nmaskbits);
do {
- exp_digit = 1;
+ at_start = 1;
in_range = 0;
a = b = 0;
@@ -540,11 +540,10 @@ static int __bitmap_parselist(const char
break;
if (c == '-') {
- if (exp_digit || in_range)
+ if (at_start || in_range)
return -EINVAL;
b = 0;
in_range = 1;
- exp_digit = 1;
continue;
}
@@ -554,16 +553,18 @@ static int __bitmap_parselist(const char
b = b * 10 + (c - '0');
if (!in_range)
a = b;
- exp_digit = 0;
+ at_start = 0;
totaldigits++;
}
if (!(a <= b))
return -EINVAL;
if (b >= nmaskbits)
return -ERANGE;
- while (a <= b) {
- set_bit(a, maskp);
- a++;
+ if (!at_start) {
+ while (a <= b) {
+ set_bit(a, maskp);
+ a++;
+ }
}
} while (buflen && c == ',');
return 0;
Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from cmetcalf@xxxxxxxxxx are
queue-4.1/__bitmap_parselist-fix-bug-in-empty-string-handling.patch
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