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SubjectRe: [PATCH v6] fbdev: fbmem: Fix the implicit type casting
On Wed, Feb 02, 2022 at 03:58:09PM -0800, Yizhuo Zhai wrote:
> In function do_fb_ioctl(), the "arg" is the type of unsigned long,
> and in "case FBIOBLANK:" this argument is casted into an int before
> passig to fb_blank(). In fb_blank(), the comparision
> if (blank > FB_BLANK_POWERDOWN) would be bypass if the original
> "arg" is a large number, which is possible because it comes from
> the user input. Fix this by adding the check before the function
> call.
>
> Signed-off-by: Yizhuo Zhai <yzhai003@ucr.edu>

Reviewed-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>

On a side note, change logs would be useful.

Guenter

> ---
> drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c | 2 ++
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c
> index 0fa7ede94fa6..13083ad8d751 100644
> --- a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c
> +++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c
> @@ -1160,6 +1160,8 @@ static long do_fb_ioctl(struct fb_info *info, unsigned int cmd,
> ret = fbcon_set_con2fb_map_ioctl(argp);
> break;
> case FBIOBLANK:
> + if (arg > FB_BLANK_POWERDOWN)
> + return -EINVAL;
> console_lock();
> lock_fb_info(info);
> ret = fb_blank(info, arg);
> --
> 2.25.1
>

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