security/loadpin/loadpin.c:365 dm_verity_ioctl() warn: maybe return -EFAULT instead of the bytes remaining?

From: Dan Carpenter
Date: Mon Aug 15 2022 - 04:08:32 EST


tree: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git master
head: aea23e7c464bfdec04b52cf61edb62030e9e0d0a
commit: 3f805f8cc23ba35679dd01446929292911c2b469 LoadPin: Enable loading from trusted dm-verity devices
config: s390-randconfig-m031-20220810 (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20220814/202208141119.RKGSGoZ7-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/config)
compiler: s390-linux-gcc (GCC) 12.1.0

If you fix the issue, kindly add following tag where applicable
Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx>
Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx>

smatch warnings:
security/loadpin/loadpin.c:365 dm_verity_ioctl() warn: maybe return -EFAULT instead of the bytes remaining?

vim +365 security/loadpin/loadpin.c

3f805f8cc23ba3 Matthias Kaehlcke 2022-06-27 355 static long dm_verity_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
3f805f8cc23ba3 Matthias Kaehlcke 2022-06-27 356 {
3f805f8cc23ba3 Matthias Kaehlcke 2022-06-27 357 void __user *uarg = (void __user *)arg;
3f805f8cc23ba3 Matthias Kaehlcke 2022-06-27 358 unsigned int fd;
3f805f8cc23ba3 Matthias Kaehlcke 2022-06-27 359 int rc;
3f805f8cc23ba3 Matthias Kaehlcke 2022-06-27 360
3f805f8cc23ba3 Matthias Kaehlcke 2022-06-27 361 switch (cmd) {
3f805f8cc23ba3 Matthias Kaehlcke 2022-06-27 362 case LOADPIN_IOC_SET_TRUSTED_VERITY_DIGESTS:
3f805f8cc23ba3 Matthias Kaehlcke 2022-06-27 363 rc = copy_from_user(&fd, uarg, sizeof(fd));
3f805f8cc23ba3 Matthias Kaehlcke 2022-06-27 364 if (rc)
3f805f8cc23ba3 Matthias Kaehlcke 2022-06-27 @365 return rc;

The copy_from_user() function returns the number of bytes remaining to
be copied. It should be:

if (copy_from_user(&fd, uarg, sizeof(fd)))
return -EFAULT;

3f805f8cc23ba3 Matthias Kaehlcke 2022-06-27 366
3f805f8cc23ba3 Matthias Kaehlcke 2022-06-27 367 return read_trusted_verity_root_digests(fd);
3f805f8cc23ba3 Matthias Kaehlcke 2022-06-27 368
3f805f8cc23ba3 Matthias Kaehlcke 2022-06-27 369 default:
3f805f8cc23ba3 Matthias Kaehlcke 2022-06-27 370 return -EINVAL;
3f805f8cc23ba3 Matthias Kaehlcke 2022-06-27 371 }
3f805f8cc23ba3 Matthias Kaehlcke 2022-06-27 372 }

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