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[hv] storvsc: Payload buffer incorrectly sized for 32 bit kernels.

Message ID 1479836185-6741-1-git-send-email-cavery@redhat.com (mailing list archive)
State Superseded, archived
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Cathy Avery Nov. 22, 2016, 5:36 p.m. UTC
On a 32 bit kernel sizeof(void *) is not 64 bits as hv_mpb_array
requires. Also the buffer needs to be cleared or the upper bytes
could contain junk.

Suggested-by: Vitaly Kuznets <vkuznets@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Cathy Avery <cavery@redhat.com>
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 drivers/scsi/storvsc_drv.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

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kernel test robot Nov. 23, 2016, 2:56 a.m. UTC | #1
Hi Cathy,

[auto build test WARNING on scsi/for-next]
[also build test WARNING on v4.9-rc6 next-20161122]
[if your patch is applied to the wrong git tree, please drop us a note to help improve the system]

url:    https://github.com/0day-ci/linux/commits/Cathy-Avery/storvsc-Payload-buffer-incorrectly-sized-for-32-bit-kernels/20161123-091420
base:   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jejb/scsi.git for-next


coccinelle warnings: (new ones prefixed by >>)

>> drivers/scsi/storvsc_drv.c:1500:13-20: WARNING: kzalloc should be used for payload, instead of kmalloc/memset

Please review and possibly fold the followup patch.

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Patch

diff --git a/drivers/scsi/storvsc_drv.c b/drivers/scsi/storvsc_drv.c
index 8ccfc9e..b4a8c9d 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/storvsc_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/storvsc_drv.c
@@ -1495,11 +1495,12 @@  static int storvsc_queuecommand(struct Scsi_Host *host, struct scsi_cmnd *scmnd)
 	if (sg_count) {
 		if (sg_count > MAX_PAGE_BUFFER_COUNT) {
 
-			payload_sz = (sg_count * sizeof(void *) +
+			payload_sz = (sg_count * sizeof(u64) +
 				      sizeof(struct vmbus_packet_mpb_array));
 			payload = kmalloc(payload_sz, GFP_ATOMIC);
 			if (!payload)
 				return SCSI_MLQUEUE_DEVICE_BUSY;
+			memset(payload, 0, payload_sz);
 		}
 
 		payload->range.len = length;