Re: [PATCH] crypto: qat - uninitialized variable in adf_hb_error_inject_write()

[Herbert Xu]

On Tue, Feb 13, 2024 at 09:09:41PM +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> There are a few issues in this code.  If *ppos is non-zero then the
> first part of the buffer is not initialized.  We never initialize the
> last character of the buffer.  The return is not checked so it's
> possible that none of the buffer is initialized.
> 
> This is debugfs code which is root only and the impact of these bugs is
> very small.  However, it's still worth fixing.  To fix this:
> 1) Check that *ppos is zero.
> 2) Use copy_from_user() instead of simple_write_to_buffer().
> 3) Explicitly add a NUL terminator.
> 
> Fixes: e2b67859ab6e ("crypto: qat - add heartbeat error simulator")
> Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  .../crypto/intel/qat/qat_common/adf_heartbeat_dbgfs.c | 11 ++++++-----
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

Patch applied.  Thanks.
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