[PATCH 1/2] misc/at24: avoid infinite loop on write()

From: Vladimir Zapolskiy
Date: Mon Oct 28 2013 - 13:05:48 EST


This change fixes a problem of infinite zero byte write() without
an error status, if there is an attempt to write a file bigger than
EEPROM size over sysfs interface.

Signed-off-by: Vladimir Zapolskiy <vladimir_zapolskiy@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Wolfram Sang <w.sang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/misc/eeprom/at24.c | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/misc/eeprom/at24.c b/drivers/misc/eeprom/at24.c
index 5d4fd69..94b8a33 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/eeprom/at24.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/eeprom/at24.c
@@ -428,6 +428,9 @@ static ssize_t at24_bin_write(struct file *filp, struct kobject *kobj,
{
struct at24_data *at24;

+ if (unlikely(off >= attr->size))
+ return -EFBIG;
+
at24 = dev_get_drvdata(container_of(kobj, struct device, kobj));
return at24_write(at24, buf, off, count);
}
--
1.7.10.4

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