[PATCH 4.19 204/280] device property: Fix the length used in PROPERTY_ENTRY_STRING()

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Fri Mar 22 2019 - 08:07:02 EST


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

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From: Heikki Krogerus <heikki.krogerus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

commit 2b6e492467c78183bb629bb0a100ea3509b615a5 upstream.

With string type property entries we need to use
sizeof(const char *) instead of the number of characters as
the length of the entry.

If the string was shorter then sizeof(const char *),
attempts to read it would have failed with -EOVERFLOW. The
problem has been hidden because all build-in string
properties have had a string longer then 8 characters until
now.

Fixes: a85f42047533 ("device property: helper macros for property entry creation")
Cc: 4.5+ <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> # 4.5+
Signed-off-by: Heikki Krogerus <heikki.krogerus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

---
include/linux/property.h | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/include/linux/property.h
+++ b/include/linux/property.h
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ struct property_entry {
#define PROPERTY_ENTRY_STRING(_name_, _val_) \
(struct property_entry) { \
.name = _name_, \
- .length = sizeof(_val_), \
+ .length = sizeof(const char *), \
.type = DEV_PROP_STRING, \
{ .value = { .str = _val_ } }, \
}