[PATCH 3.12 08/72] Char: ipmi_bt_sm, fix infinite loop

From: Jiri Slaby
Date: Fri Apr 18 2014 - 05:49:47 EST


3.12-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

===============

commit a94cdd1f4d30f12904ab528152731fb13a812a16 upstream.

In read_all_bytes, we do

unsigned char i;
...
bt->read_data[0] = BMC2HOST;
bt->read_count = bt->read_data[0];
...
for (i = 1; i <= bt->read_count; i++)
bt->read_data[i] = BMC2HOST;

If bt->read_data[0] == bt->read_count == 255, we loop infinitely in the
'for' loop. Make 'i' an 'int' instead of 'char' to get rid of the
overflow and finish the loop after 255 iterations every time.

Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby <jslaby@xxxxxxx>
Reported-and-debugged-by: Rui Hui Dian <rhdian@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Tomas Cech <tcech@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Corey Minyard <minyard@xxxxxxx>
Cc: <openipmi-developer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Corey Minyard <cminyard@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby <jslaby@xxxxxxx>
---
drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_bt_sm.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_bt_sm.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_bt_sm.c
index a22a7a502740..8156cafad11a 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_bt_sm.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_bt_sm.c
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ static inline void write_all_bytes(struct si_sm_data *bt)

static inline int read_all_bytes(struct si_sm_data *bt)
{
- unsigned char i;
+ unsigned int i;

/*
* length is "framing info", minimum = 4: NetFn, Seq, Cmd, cCode.
--
1.9.2

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