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From 359c27c6ddbde404f44a9c0d3ec88ccd1e2042f2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Niels Dossche <dossche.niels@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2022 18:50:02 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] media: hdpvr: fix error value returns in hdpvr_read
Git-commit: 359c27c6ddbde404f44a9c0d3ec88ccd1e2042f2
Patch-mainline: v6.0-rc1
References: git-fixes

Error return values are supposed to be negative in hdpvr_read. Most
error returns are currently handled via an unsigned integer "ret". When
setting a negative error value to "ret", the value actually becomes a
large positive value, because "ret" is unsigned. Later on, the "ret"
value is returned. But as ssize_t is a 64-bit signed number, the error
return value stays a large positive integer instead of a negative
integer. This can cause an error value to be interpreted as the read
size, which can cause a buffer overread for applications relying on the
returned size.

Fixes: 9aba42efe85b ("V4L/DVB (11096): V4L2 Driver for the Hauppauge HD PVR usb capture device")
Signed-off-by: Niels Dossche <dossche.niels@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Hans Verkuil <hverkuil-cisco@xs4all.nl>
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>

---
 drivers/media/usb/hdpvr/hdpvr-video.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/media/usb/hdpvr/hdpvr-video.c b/drivers/media/usb/hdpvr/hdpvr-video.c
index 60e57e0f1927..fd7d2a9d0449 100644
--- a/drivers/media/usb/hdpvr/hdpvr-video.c
+++ b/drivers/media/usb/hdpvr/hdpvr-video.c
@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@ static ssize_t hdpvr_read(struct file *file, char __user *buffer, size_t count,
 	struct hdpvr_device *dev = video_drvdata(file);
 	struct hdpvr_buffer *buf = NULL;
 	struct urb *urb;
-	unsigned int ret = 0;
+	int ret = 0;
 	int rem, cnt;
 
 	if (*pos)
-- 
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