On 02/25/2016 10:54 AM, Gabriel Krisman Bertazi wrote:
> Commit d63c7dd5bcb9 ("ipr: Fix out-of-bounds null overwrite") removed the
> end of line handling when storing the update_fw sysfs attribute.  This
> changed the userpace API because it started refusing writes terminated
> by a line feed, which broke the update tools we already have.
> 
> This patch re-adds that handling, so both a write terminated by a line
> feed or not can make it through with the update.
> 
> Fixes: d63c7dd5bcb9 ("ipr: Fix out-of-bounds null overwrite")
> Signed-off-by: Gabriel Krisman Bertazi <[email protected]>
> Cc: Insu Yun <[email protected]>
> ---
>  drivers/scsi/ipr.c | 5 +++++
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/scsi/ipr.c b/drivers/scsi/ipr.c
> index 3b3e099..d6a691e 100644
> --- a/drivers/scsi/ipr.c
> +++ b/drivers/scsi/ipr.c
> @@ -4002,6 +4002,7 @@ static ssize_t ipr_store_update_fw(struct device *dev,
>       struct ipr_sglist *sglist;
>       char fname[100];
>       char *src;
> +     char *endline;
>       int result, dnld_size;
> 
>       if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
> @@ -4009,6 +4010,10 @@ static ssize_t ipr_store_update_fw(struct device *dev,
> 
>       snprintf(fname, sizeof(fname), "%s", buf);
> 
> +     endline = strchr(fname, '\n');
> +     if (endline)
> +             *endline = '\0';
> +
>       if (request_firmware(&fw_entry, fname, &ioa_cfg->pdev->dev)) {
>               dev_err(&ioa_cfg->pdev->dev, "Firmware file %s not found\n", 
> fname);
>               return -EIO;
> 

Acked-by: Brian King <[email protected]>

James - since this is a regression, can we get this fix in for 4.5 yet?

Thanks,

Brian

-- 
Brian King
Power Linux I/O
IBM Linux Technology Center

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