Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1760164AbXJOGkd (ORCPT ); Mon, 15 Oct 2007 02:40:33 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752507AbXJOGkW (ORCPT ); Mon, 15 Oct 2007 02:40:22 -0400 Received: from smtp2.linux-foundation.org ([207.189.120.14]:54341 "EHLO smtp2.linux-foundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751436AbXJOGkV (ORCPT ); Mon, 15 Oct 2007 02:40:21 -0400 Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2007 23:40:14 -0700 From: Andrew Morton To: HighPoint Linux Team Cc: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, James.Bottomley@SteelEye.com Subject: Re: [PATCH] hptiop: avoid buffer overflow when returning sense data Message-Id: <20071014234014.45b5469b.akpm@linux-foundation.org> In-Reply-To: <200710151442.52230.linux@highpoint-tech.com> References: <200605101704.27491.linux@highpoint-tech.com> <200605161438.09717.linux@highpoint-tech.com> <200708291510.53793.linux@highpoint-tech.com> <200710151442.52230.linux@highpoint-tech.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 2.4.1 (GTK+ 2.8.17; x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1182 Lines: 34 On Mon, 15 Oct 2007 14:42:52 +0800 HighPoint Linux Team wrote: > > avoid buffer overflow when returning sense data. > That's really not enough information, sorry. > index 8b384fa..d32a4a9 100644 > --- a/drivers/scsi/hptiop.c > +++ b/drivers/scsi/hptiop.c > @@ -375,8 +375,9 @@ static void hptiop_host_request_callback > scp->result = SAM_STAT_CHECK_CONDITION; > memset(&scp->sense_buffer, > 0, sizeof(scp->sense_buffer)); > - memcpy(&scp->sense_buffer, > - &req->sg_list, le32_to_cpu(req->dataxfer_length)); > + memcpy(&scp->sense_buffer, &req->sg_list, > + min(sizeof(scp->sense_buffer), > + le32_to_cpu(req->dataxfer_length))); > break; > > default: See, we know what the fix does, but we don't know what the consequences are if the user's kernel doesn't have this fix. So we are not able to work out whether this fix should be backported to 2.6.23.x and even to 2.6.22.x? - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/