[PATCH 1/2] misc/at24: avoid infinite loop on write()

[Vladimir Zapolskiy]

This change fixes a problem of infinite zero byte write() without
an error status, if there is an attempt to write a file bigger than
EEPROM size over sysfs interface.

Signed-off-by: Vladimir Zapolskiy <vladimir_zapolskiy@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Wolfram Sang <w.sang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 drivers/misc/eeprom/at24.c |    3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/misc/eeprom/at24.c b/drivers/misc/eeprom/at24.c
index 5d4fd69..94b8a33 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/eeprom/at24.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/eeprom/at24.c
@@ -428,6 +428,9 @@ static ssize_t at24_bin_write(struct file *filp, struct kobject *kobj,
 {
 	struct at24_data *at24;
 
+	if (unlikely(off >= attr->size))
+		return -EFBIG;
+
 	at24 = dev_get_drvdata(container_of(kobj, struct device, kobj));
 	return at24_write(at24, buf, off, count);
 }
-- 
1.7.10.4

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