proc: avoid integer type confusion in get_proc_long
authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Mon, 5 Dec 2022 19:33:40 +0000 (11:33 -0800)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Thu, 8 Dec 2022 10:28:45 +0000 (11:28 +0100)
commit3eb9213f66127fbccd56dd4d36c4b47f3302dbf7
treebcdcc065167b13b10689c24c49846d9b5e8565ce
parent4a4073a2e2fe392db08c00c39fdc5e2f8f198547
proc: avoid integer type confusion in get_proc_long

commit e6cfaf34be9fcd1a8285a294e18986bfc41a409c upstream.

proc_get_long() is passed a size_t, but then assigns it to an 'int'
variable for the length.  Let's not do that, even if our IO paths are
limited to MAX_RW_COUNT (exactly because of these kinds of type errors).

So do the proper test in the rigth type.

Reported-by: Kyle Zeng <zengyhkyle@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
kernel/sysctl.c