Re: [PATCH 1/3] char: lp: ensure that index has not exceeded LP_NO

[Shreenidhi Shedi]

On 03/06/22 5:27 pm, Shreenidhi Shedi wrote:
> On 15/05/22 1:24 pm, Shreenidhi Shedi wrote:
>> After finishing the loop, index value can be equal to LP_NO and lp_table
>> array is of size LP_NO, so this can end up in accessing an out of bound
>> address in lp_register function.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Shreenidhi Shedi <sshedi@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>>  drivers/char/lp.c | 2 +-
>>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/char/lp.c b/drivers/char/lp.c
>> index bd95aba1f..e61060f3c 100644
>> --- a/drivers/char/lp.c
>> +++ b/drivers/char/lp.c
>> @@ -971,7 +971,7 @@ static void lp_attach(struct parport *port)
>>  			if (port_num[i] == -1)
>>  				break;
>>  
>> -		if (!lp_register(i, port))
>> +		if (i < LP_NO && !lp_register(i, port))
>>  			lp_count++;
>>  		break;
>>  
> 
> Hi Greg and Arnd Bergmann,
> 
> Please review the above changes. Ignore second patch.
> 
> --
> Shedi

Sorry, not the second patch. Ignore the 3rd patch which fixes checkspec.pl warnings.

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Shedi