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authorIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2008-07-16 00:29:07 +0200
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2008-07-16 00:29:07 +0200
commit82638844d9a8581bbf33201cc209a14876eca167 (patch)
tree961d7f9360194421a71aa644a9d0c176a960ce49 /drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c
parent9982fbface82893e77d211fbabfbd229da6bdde6 (diff)
parent63cf13b77ab785e87c867defa8545e6d4a989774 (diff)
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Merge branch 'linus' into cpus4096
Conflicts: arch/x86/xen/smp.c kernel/sched_rt.c net/iucv/iucv.c Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c')
-rw-r--r--drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c9
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c
index a82d2fe..cbf55d5 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c
@@ -207,6 +207,15 @@ int scsi_execute(struct scsi_device *sdev, const unsigned char *cmd,
*/
blk_execute_rq(req->q, NULL, req, 1);
+ /*
+ * Some devices (USB mass-storage in particular) may transfer
+ * garbage data together with a residue indicating that the data
+ * is invalid. Prevent the garbage from being misinterpreted
+ * and prevent security leaks by zeroing out the excess data.
+ */
+ if (unlikely(req->data_len > 0 && req->data_len <= bufflen))
+ memset(buffer + (bufflen - req->data_len), 0, req->data_len);
+
ret = req->errors;
out:
blk_put_request(req);
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