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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2008-07-12 14:34:11 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2008-07-12 14:34:11 -0700
commitde72aa4c2b82a6cffe15d86a8d391ded4fb57602 (patch)
treeaac3f09c8e1e2154e532886d0196a46386af301a /drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c
parent536abdb0802f3fac1b217530741853843d63c281 (diff)
parent8df5fc042c8e7c08dc438c8198b62407ee1e91a0 (diff)
Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jejb/scsi-rc-fixes-2.6
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jejb/scsi-rc-fixes-2.6: [SCSI] bsg: fix oops on remove [SCSI] fusion: default MSI to disabled for SPI and FC controllers [SCSI] ipr: Fix HDIO_GET_IDENTITY oops for SATA devices [SCSI] mptspi: fix oops in mptspi_dv_renegotiate_work() [SCSI] erase invalid data returned by device
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 a82d2fe80fb..cbf55d59a54 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);