[char-misc-next 06/11] mei: fix potential read outside of array bounds

From: Tomas Winkler
Date: Mon Feb 17 2014 - 08:18:08 EST


From: Alexander Usyskin <alexander.usyskin@xxxxxxxxx>

Drop not-very-useful check and with this
fix read on index that can be after array end.
Cleanup search function as byproduct.

Signed-off-by: Alexander Usyskin <alexander.usyskin@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Tomas Winkler <tomas.winkler@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/misc/mei/client.c | 23 ++++++++++-------------
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/misc/mei/client.c b/drivers/misc/mei/client.c
index 6639bc3..488edd0 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/mei/client.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/mei/client.c
@@ -29,20 +29,21 @@
* mei_me_cl_by_uuid - locate index of me client
*
* @dev: mei device
+ *
+ * Locking: called under "dev->device_lock" lock
+ *
* returns me client index or -ENOENT if not found
*/
int mei_me_cl_by_uuid(const struct mei_device *dev, const uuid_le *uuid)
{
- int i, res = -ENOENT;
+ int i;

for (i = 0; i < dev->me_clients_num; ++i)
if (uuid_le_cmp(*uuid,
- dev->me_clients[i].props.protocol_name) == 0) {
- res = i;
- break;
- }
+ dev->me_clients[i].props.protocol_name) == 0)
+ return i;

- return res;
+ return -ENOENT;
}


@@ -60,16 +61,12 @@ int mei_me_cl_by_uuid(const struct mei_device *dev, const uuid_le *uuid)
int mei_me_cl_by_id(struct mei_device *dev, u8 client_id)
{
int i;
+
for (i = 0; i < dev->me_clients_num; i++)
if (dev->me_clients[i].client_id == client_id)
- break;
- if (WARN_ON(dev->me_clients[i].client_id != client_id))
- return -ENOENT;
+ return i;

- if (i == dev->me_clients_num)
- return -ENOENT;
-
- return i;
+ return -ENOENT;
}


--
1.8.5.3

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