6pack: fix buffer length mishandling

Dmitry Vyukov wrote:
> different runs). Looking at code, the following looks suspicious -- we
> limit copy by 512 bytes, but use the original count which can be
> larger than 512:
>
> static void sixpack_receive_buf(struct tty_struct *tty,
>     const unsigned char *cp, char *fp, int count)
> {
>     unsigned char buf[512];
>     ....
>     memcpy(buf, cp, count < sizeof(buf) ? count : sizeof(buf));
>     ....
>     sixpack_decode(sp, buf, count1);

With the sane tty locking we now have I believe the following is safe as
we consume the bytes and move them into the decoded buffer before
returning.

Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

diff --git a/drivers/net/hamradio/6pack.c b/drivers/net/hamradio/6pack.c
index 5a1e985..470b3dc 100644 (file)
--- a/drivers/net/hamradio/6pack.c
+++ b/drivers/net/hamradio/6pack.c
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ struct sixpack {
 
 #define AX25_6PACK_HEADER_LEN 0
 
-static void sixpack_decode(struct sixpack *, unsigned char[], int);
+static void sixpack_decode(struct sixpack *, const unsigned char[], int);
 static int encode_sixpack(unsigned char *, unsigned char *, int, unsigned char);
 
 /*
@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ out:
 
 /*
  * Handle the 'receiver data ready' interrupt.
- * This function is called by the 'tty_io' module in the kernel when
+ * This function is called by the tty module in the kernel when
  * a block of 6pack data has been received, which can now be decapsulated
  * and sent on to some IP layer for further processing.
  */
@@ -436,7 +436,6 @@ static void sixpack_receive_buf(struct tty_struct *tty,
        const unsigned char *cp, char *fp, int count)
 {
        struct sixpack *sp;
-       unsigned char buf[512];
        int count1;
 
        if (!count)
@@ -446,10 +445,7 @@ static void sixpack_receive_buf(struct tty_struct *tty,
        if (!sp)
                return;
 
-       memcpy(buf, cp, count < sizeof(buf) ? count : sizeof(buf));
-
        /* Read the characters out of the buffer */
-
        count1 = count;
        while (count) {
                count--;
@@ -459,7 +455,7 @@ static void sixpack_receive_buf(struct tty_struct *tty,
                        continue;
                }
        }
-       sixpack_decode(sp, buf, count1);
+       sixpack_decode(sp, cp, count1);
 
        sp_put(sp);
        tty_unthrottle(tty);
@@ -992,7 +988,7 @@ static void decode_std_command(struct sixpack *sp, unsigned char cmd)
 /* decode a 6pack packet */
 
 static void
-sixpack_decode(struct sixpack *sp, unsigned char *pre_rbuff, int count)
+sixpack_decode(struct sixpack *sp, const unsigned char *pre_rbuff, int count)
 {
        unsigned char inbyte;
        int count1;