Re: [PATCH] eventfd: strictly check the count parameter of eventfd_write to avoid inputting illegal strings

From: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
To: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>, wenyang.linux@foxmail.com
Cc: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>, Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>,
	David Woodhouse <dwmw@amazon.co.uk>,
	Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org>,
	Eric Biggers <ebiggers@google.com>,
	linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Alexander Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] eventfd: strictly check the count parameter of eventfd_write to avoid inputting illegal strings
Date: Wed,  7 Feb 2024 10:56:33 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20240207-formgebend-ratsam-e3372573781f@brauner> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <tencent_10AAA44731FFFA493F9F5501521F07DD4D0A@qq.com>

On Wed, 07 Feb 2024 00:35:18 +0800, wenyang.linux@foxmail.com wrote:
> Since eventfd's document has clearly stated: A write(2) call adds
> the 8-byte integer value supplied in its buffer to the counter.
> 
> However, in the current implementation, the following code snippet
> did not cause an error:
> 
> 	char str[16] = "hello world";
> 	uint64_t value;
> 	ssize_t size;
> 	int fd;
> 
> [...]

Applied to the vfs.misc branch of the vfs/vfs.git tree.
Patches in the vfs.misc branch should appear in linux-next soon.

Please report any outstanding bugs that were missed during review in a
new review to the original patch series allowing us to drop it.

It's encouraged to provide Acked-bys and Reviewed-bys even though the
patch has now been applied. If possible patch trailers will be updated.

Note that commit hashes shown below are subject to change due to rebase,
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tree:   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs.git
branch: vfs.misc

[1/1] eventfd: strictly check the count parameter of eventfd_write to avoid inputting illegal strings
      https://git.kernel.org/vfs/vfs/c/325e56e9236e