[PATCH 1/1] Revert "lib: fix _parse_integer_limit() to handle overflow"

From: Alexey Dobriyan

Date: Thu Jul 02 2026 - 14:04:58 EST


This reverts commit 6e30111dbb4075e3c26c230417b32bc4a1c66831 .

1) this patch breaks scanf() which uses _parse_integer_limit()
internally, and is supposed to get overflowed result
(however incorrect it may be)

2) using check_mul_overflow() and check_add_overflow() as written
doesn't add any overflow protection because it is under branch
where such overflow can't happen if radix is kept <=16,

3) kernel-doc comment legitimize the function while exactly
the opposite should be done. Not a fan.

Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@xxxxxxxxx>
---
lib/kstrtox.c | 37 +++++++++++++++----------------------
1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/kstrtox.c b/lib/kstrtox.c
index edc4eb7c1bca..97be2a39f537 100644
--- a/lib/kstrtox.c
+++ b/lib/kstrtox.c
@@ -39,30 +39,25 @@ const char *_parse_integer_fixup_radix(const char *s, unsigned int *base)
return s;
}

-/**
- * _parse_integer_limit - Convert integer string representation to an integer
- * @s: Integer string representation
- * @base: Radix
- * @p: Where to store result
- * @max_chars: Maximum amount of characters to convert
- *
- * Convert non-negative integer string representation in explicitly given
- * radix to an integer. If overflow occurs, value at @p is set to ULLONG_MAX.
+/*
+ * Convert non-negative integer string representation in explicitly given radix
+ * to an integer. A maximum of max_chars characters will be converted.
*
- * This function is the workhorse of other string conversion functions and it
- * is discouraged to use it explicitly. Consider kstrto*() family instead.
+ * Return number of characters consumed maybe or-ed with overflow bit.
+ * If overflow occurs, result integer (incorrect) is still returned.
*
- * Return: Number of characters consumed, maybe ORed with overflow bit
+ * Don't you dare use this function.
*/
noinline
unsigned int _parse_integer_limit(const char *s, unsigned int base, unsigned long long *p,
size_t max_chars)
{
- unsigned int rv, overflow = 0;
unsigned long long res;
+ unsigned int rv;

res = 0;
- for (rv = 0; rv < max_chars; rv++, s++) {
+ rv = 0;
+ while (max_chars--) {
unsigned int c = *s;
unsigned int lc = _tolower(c);
unsigned int val;
@@ -81,17 +76,15 @@ unsigned int _parse_integer_limit(const char *s, unsigned int base, unsigned lon
* it in the max base we support (16)
*/
if (unlikely(res & (~0ull << 60))) {
- if (check_mul_overflow(res, base, &res) ||
- check_add_overflow(res, val, &res)) {
- res = ULLONG_MAX;
- overflow = KSTRTOX_OVERFLOW;
- }
- } else {
- res = res * base + val;
+ if (res > div_u64(ULLONG_MAX - val, base))
+ rv |= KSTRTOX_OVERFLOW;
}
+ res = res * base + val;
+ rv++;
+ s++;
}
*p = res;
- return rv | overflow;
+ return rv;
}

noinline
--
2.54.0