[PATCH v2] w1: Misuse of get_user()/put_user() reported by sparse
Christophe Leroy
christophe.leroy at csgroup.eu
Sat Nov 27 03:47:58 AEDT 2021
sparse warnings: (new ones prefixed by >>)
>> drivers/w1/slaves/w1_ds28e04.c:342:13: sparse: sparse: incorrect type in initializer (different address spaces) @@ expected char [noderef] __user *_pu_addr @@ got char *buf @@
drivers/w1/slaves/w1_ds28e04.c:342:13: sparse: expected char [noderef] __user *_pu_addr
drivers/w1/slaves/w1_ds28e04.c:342:13: sparse: got char *buf
>> drivers/w1/slaves/w1_ds28e04.c:356:13: sparse: sparse: incorrect type in initializer (different address spaces) @@ expected char const [noderef] __user *_gu_addr @@ got char const *buf @@
drivers/w1/slaves/w1_ds28e04.c:356:13: sparse: expected char const [noderef] __user *_gu_addr
drivers/w1/slaves/w1_ds28e04.c:356:13: sparse: got char const *buf
The buffer buf is a failsafe buffer in kernel space, it's not user
memory hence doesn't deserve the use of get_user() or put_user().
Access 'buf' content directly.
Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp at intel.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/202111190526.K5vb7NWC-lkp@intel.com/T/
Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy at csgroup.eu>
---
v2: Use sysfs_emit() and kstrtobool()
---
drivers/w1/slaves/w1_ds28e04.c | 25 +++----------------------
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/w1/slaves/w1_ds28e04.c b/drivers/w1/slaves/w1_ds28e04.c
index e4f336111edc..98f80f412cfd 100644
--- a/drivers/w1/slaves/w1_ds28e04.c
+++ b/drivers/w1/slaves/w1_ds28e04.c
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ static int w1_strong_pullup = 1;
module_param_named(strong_pullup, w1_strong_pullup, int, 0);
/* enable/disable CRC checking on DS28E04-100 memory accesses */
-static char w1_enable_crccheck = 1;
+static bool w1_enable_crccheck = true;
#define W1_EEPROM_SIZE 512
#define W1_PAGE_COUNT 16
@@ -339,32 +339,13 @@ static BIN_ATTR_RW(pio, 1);
static ssize_t crccheck_show(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
char *buf)
{
- if (put_user(w1_enable_crccheck + 0x30, buf))
- return -EFAULT;
-
- return sizeof(w1_enable_crccheck);
+ return sysfs_emit(buf, "%d\n", w1_enable_crccheck);
}
static ssize_t crccheck_store(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
const char *buf, size_t count)
{
- char val;
-
- if (count != 1 || !buf)
- return -EINVAL;
-
- if (get_user(val, buf))
- return -EFAULT;
-
- /* convert to decimal */
- val = val - 0x30;
- if (val != 0 && val != 1)
- return -EINVAL;
-
- /* set the new value */
- w1_enable_crccheck = val;
-
- return sizeof(w1_enable_crccheck);
+ return kstrtobool(buf, &w1_enable_crccheck) ? : count;
}
static DEVICE_ATTR_RW(crccheck);
--
2.33.1
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