Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | Date | Wed, 28 Sep 2005 06:42:24 -0700 | From | Paul Jackson <> | Subject | [PATCH] cpuset read past eof memory leak fix |
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Don't leak a page of memory if user reads a cpuset file past eof.
Signed-off-by: KUROSAWA Takahiro <kurosawa@valinux.co.jp> Signed-off-by: Paul Jackson <pj@sgi.com>
--- linux-2.6.14-rc2.orig/kernel/cpuset.c +++ linux-2.6.14-rc2/kernel/cpuset.c 2005-09-28 17:42:00.759401736 +0900 @@ -969,7 +969,7 @@ static ssize_t cpuset_common_file_read(s ssize_t retval = 0; char *s; char *start; - size_t n; + ssize_t n; if (!(page = (char *)__get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL))) return -ENOMEM; @@ -999,12 +999,13 @@ static ssize_t cpuset_common_file_read(s *s++ = '\n'; *s = '\0'; - /* Do nothing if *ppos is at the eof or beyond the eof. */ - if (s - page <= *ppos) - return 0; - start = page + *ppos; n = s - start; + + /* Do nothing if *ppos is at the eof or beyond the eof. */ + if (n <= 0) + goto out; + retval = n - copy_to_user(buf, start, min(n, nbytes)); *ppos += retval; out:
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