[PATCH] iio: core: fix uninitialized data in debugfs
From: Dan Carpenter
Date: Mon May 25 2026 - 03:19:41 EST
If *ppos is non-zero then simple_write_to_buffer() will not initialize
the start of buf[]. Non zero values for *ppos aren't going to work
anyway. Test for them at the start of the function and return -EINVAL.
Fixes: 6d5dd486c715 ("iio: core: make use of simple_write_to_buffer()")
Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@xxxxxxxxx>
---
The original copy_from_user() code was better:
https://staticthinking.wordpress.com/2026/05/23/simple_write_to_buffer-is-complicated/
---
drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c b/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c
index bd6f4f9f4533..1308a534582b 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ static ssize_t iio_debugfs_write_reg(struct file *file,
char buf[80];
int ret;
- if (count >= sizeof(buf))
+ if (*ppos != 0 || count >= sizeof(buf))
return -EINVAL;
ret = simple_write_to_buffer(buf, sizeof(buf) - 1, ppos, userbuf,
--
2.53.0