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1 files changed, 6 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/fs/compat.c b/fs/compat.c
index 52cfeb61da77..ff66c0d7583d 100644
--- a/fs/compat.c
+++ b/fs/compat.c
@@ -606,14 +606,14 @@ ssize_t compat_rw_copy_check_uvector(int type,
/*
* Single unix specification:
* We should -EINVAL if an element length is not >= 0 and fitting an
- * ssize_t. The total length is fitting an ssize_t
+ * ssize_t.
*
- * Be careful here because iov_len is a size_t not an ssize_t
+ * In Linux, the total length is limited to MAX_RW_COUNT, there is
+ * no overflow possibility.
*/
tot_len = 0;
ret = -EINVAL;
for (seg = 0; seg < nr_segs; seg++) {
- compat_ssize_t tmp = tot_len;
compat_uptr_t buf;
compat_ssize_t len;
@@ -624,13 +624,13 @@ ssize_t compat_rw_copy_check_uvector(int type,
}
if (len < 0) /* size_t not fitting in compat_ssize_t .. */
goto out;
- tot_len += len;
- if (tot_len < tmp) /* maths overflow on the compat_ssize_t */
- goto out;
if (!access_ok(vrfy_dir(type), compat_ptr(buf), len)) {
ret = -EFAULT;
goto out;
}
+ if (len > MAX_RW_COUNT - tot_len)
+ len = MAX_RW_COUNT - tot_len;
+ tot_len += len;
iov->iov_base = compat_ptr(buf);
iov->iov_len = (compat_size_t) len;
uvector++;