[RESEND PATCH] libfs: fix error cast of negative value in simple_attr_write()

From: Yicong Yang
Date: Tue Nov 10 2020 - 04:27:06 EST


The attr->set() receive a value of u64, but simple_strtoll() is used
for doing the conversion. It will lead to the error cast if user inputs
a negative value.

Use kstrtoull() instead of simple_strtoll() to convert a string got
from the user to an unsigned value. The former will return '-EINVAL' if
it gets a negetive value, but the latter can't handle the situation
correctly.

Fixes: f7b88631a897 ("fs/libfs.c: fix simple_attr_write() on 32bit machines")
Signed-off-by: Yicong Yang <yangyicong@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/libfs.c | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/libfs.c b/fs/libfs.c
index fc34361..2dcf40e 100644
--- a/fs/libfs.c
+++ b/fs/libfs.c
@@ -977,7 +977,9 @@ ssize_t simple_attr_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
goto out;

attr->set_buf[size] = '\0';
- val = simple_strtoll(attr->set_buf, NULL, 0);
+ ret = kstrtoull(attr->set_buf, 0, &val);
+ if (ret)
+ goto out;
ret = attr->set(attr->data, val);
if (ret == 0)
ret = len; /* on success, claim we got the whole input */
--
2.8.1