Re: [PATCH] isofs: fix undefined behavior in iso_date()

From: Dan Carpenter
Date: Thu Jul 13 2023 - 10:27:13 EST


On Thu, Jul 13, 2023 at 02:11:02PM +0000, David Laight wrote:
> From: Dan Carpenter
> > Sent: 10 July 2023 10:57
> >
> > It looks like maybe there is an issue with "year" as well.
> >
> > fs/isofs/util.c
> > 19 int iso_date(u8 *p, int flag)
> > 20 {
> > 21 int year, month, day, hour, minute, second, tz;
> > 22 int crtime;
> > 23
> > 24 year = p[0];
> > ^^^^^
> > year is 0-255.
> ....
> > 32
> > 33 if (year < 0) {
> > ^^^^^^^^
> > But this checks year for < 0 which is impossible. Should it be:
> >
> > year = (signed char)p[0];?
>
> Or not?
>
> What happens in 2027 ?
> I bet the value has to be treated an unsigned.

Yeah. Good point. We could delete that if statement and pull the whole
function in a tab.

regards,
dan carpenter