[PATCH 5/16] evdev: return -EINVAL if read buffer is too small

[Dmitry Torokhov]

===================================================================


ChangeSet@xxxxxxxxxxx, 2004-11-12 01:28:33-05:00, dtor_core@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  Input: evdev - return -EINVAL from evdev_read if read buffer
         is too small.
  
         Based on the patch by James Lamanna.
  
  Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@xxxxxxx>


 evdev.c |    3 +++
 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+)


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diff -Nru a/drivers/input/evdev.c b/drivers/input/evdev.c
--- a/drivers/input/evdev.c	2004-12-29 01:47:32 -05:00
+++ b/drivers/input/evdev.c	2004-12-29 01:47:32 -05:00
@@ -169,6 +169,9 @@
 	struct evdev_list *list = file->private_data;
 	int retval;
 
+	if (count < sizeof(struct input_event))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	if (list->head == list->tail && list->evdev->exist && (file->f_flags & O_NONBLOCK))
 		return -EAGAIN;
 
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