This is a note to let you know that I have just added a patch titled
can: Use correct type in sizeof() in nla_put()
to the linux-3.19.y-queue branch of the 3.19.y-ckt extended stable tree
which can be found at:
http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git/ubuntu/linux.git/log/?h=linux-3.19.y-queue
This patch is scheduled to be released in version 3.19.8-ckt11.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to this tree, please
reply to this email.
For more information about the 3.19.y-ckt tree, see
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/Dev/ExtendedStable
Thanks.
-Kamal
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>From 6226f4073973c9a2945e3c68bf04b0f8cc0c0793 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Marek Vasut <ma...@denx.de>
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2015 13:48:19 +0100
Subject: can: Use correct type in sizeof() in nla_put()
commit 562b103a21974c2f9cd67514d110f918bb3e1796 upstream.
The sizeof() is invoked on an incorrect variable, likely due to some
copy-paste error, and this might result in memory corruption. Fix this.
Signed-off-by: Marek Vasut <ma...@denx.de>
Cc: Wolfgang Grandegger <w...@grandegger.com>
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Marc Kleine-Budde <m...@pengutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Kamal Mostafa <ka...@canonical.com>
---
drivers/net/can/dev.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/can/dev.c b/drivers/net/can/dev.c
index 62ca0e8..8202ab3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/can/dev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/can/dev.c
@@ -912,7 +912,7 @@ static int can_fill_info(struct sk_buff *skb, const struct
net_device *dev)
nla_put(skb, IFLA_CAN_BITTIMING_CONST,
sizeof(*priv->bittiming_const), priv->bittiming_const)) ||
- nla_put(skb, IFLA_CAN_CLOCK, sizeof(cm), &priv->clock) ||
+ nla_put(skb, IFLA_CAN_CLOCK, sizeof(priv->clock), &priv->clock) ||
nla_put_u32(skb, IFLA_CAN_STATE, state) ||
nla_put(skb, IFLA_CAN_CTRLMODE, sizeof(cm), &cm) ||
nla_put_u32(skb, IFLA_CAN_RESTART_MS, priv->restart_ms) ||
--
1.9.1
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