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SubjectRe: [PATCH] devfreq: add error check for sscanf in userspace governor
On 08/07/2017 11:56 PM, Pavan Kondeti wrote:
> Hi Santosh,
>
> On Mon, Aug 7, 2017 at 6:36 PM, Santosh Mardi <gsantosh@codeaurora.org> wrote:
>> store_freq function of devfreq userspace governor
>> executes further, even if error is returned from sscanf,
>> this will result in setting up wrong frequency value.
>>
>> Add proper error check to bail out if any error is returned.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Santosh Mardi <gsantosh@codeaurora.org>
>> ---
>> drivers/devfreq/governor_userspace.c | 5 ++++-
>> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/devfreq/governor_userspace.c b/drivers/devfreq/governor_userspace.c
>> index 77028c2..1d0c9cc 100644
>> --- a/drivers/devfreq/governor_userspace.c
>> +++ b/drivers/devfreq/governor_userspace.c
>> @@ -53,12 +53,15 @@ static ssize_t store_freq(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
>> mutex_lock(&devfreq->lock);
>> data = devfreq->data;
>>
>> - sscanf(buf, "%lu", &wanted);
>> + err = sscanf(buf, "%lu", &wanted);

Also, we could just use kstroul().

>> + if (err != 1)
>> + goto out;
>
> You can save this goto statement by moving this sscanf checking to
> before taking the mutex.
>
>> data->user_frequency = wanted;
>> data->valid = true;
>> err = update_devfreq(devfreq);
>> if (err == 0)
>> err = count;
>> +out:
>> mutex_unlock(&devfreq->lock);
>> return err;
>> }
>> --
>> 1.9.1
>>

-Saravana


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