[lvc-project] [PATCH] fanotify: remove unneeded sub-zero check for unsigned value

Nikita Kiryushin kiryushin at ancud.ru
Thu Mar 14 16:36:56 MSK 2024


Unsigned size_t len in copy_fid_info_to_user is checked
for negative value. This check is redundant as it is
always false.

Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.

Fixes: 5e469c830fdb ("fanotify: copy event fid info to user")
Signed-off-by: Nikita Kiryushin <kiryushin at ancud.ru>
---
  fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c | 2 +-
  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c
index fbdc63cc10d9..4201723357cf 100644
--- a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c
+++ b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c
@@ -502,7 +502,7 @@ static int copy_fid_info_to_user(__kernel_fsid_t *fsid, struct fanotify_fh *fh,
  	}
  
  	/* Pad with 0's */
-	WARN_ON_ONCE(len < 0 || len >= FANOTIFY_EVENT_ALIGN);
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(len >= FANOTIFY_EVENT_ALIGN);
  	if (len > 0 && clear_user(buf, len))
  		return -EFAULT;
  
-- 
2.34.1




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