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| author | Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> | 2008-07-14 15:29:34 -0600 |
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| committer | Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> | 2008-07-14 15:29:34 -0600 |
| commit | 2fceef397f9880b212a74c418290ce69e7ac00eb (patch) | |
| tree | d9cc09ab992825ef7fede4a688103503e3caf655 /drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c | |
| parent | feae1ef116ed381625d3731c5ae4f4ebcb3fa302 (diff) | |
| parent | bce7f793daec3e65ec5c5705d2457b81fe7b5725 (diff) | |
Merge commit 'v2.6.26' into bkl-removal
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c | 9 |
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); |