From: Dipankar Sarma Use copy_to_user/get_char with user buffers. 25-akpm/drivers/usb/image/mdc800.c | 22 +++++++++++++++------- 1 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff -puN drivers/usb/image/mdc800.c~ds-07-mdc800-usercopy-fix drivers/usb/image/mdc800.c --- 25/drivers/usb/image/mdc800.c~ds-07-mdc800-usercopy-fix Tue Jun 10 14:57:02 2003 +++ 25-akpm/drivers/usb/image/mdc800.c Tue Jun 10 14:57:02 2003 @@ -748,8 +748,10 @@ static ssize_t mdc800_device_read (struc } else { - /* memcpy Bytes */ - memcpy (ptr, &mdc800->out [mdc800->out_ptr], sts); + /* Copy Bytes */ + if (copy_to_user(ptr, + &mdc800->out [mdc800->out_ptr], sts)) + return -EFAULT; ptr+=sts; left-=sts; mdc800->out_ptr+=sts; @@ -786,14 +788,21 @@ static ssize_t mdc800_device_write (stru while (iio_lock); return -EINTR; } + + if(get_user(c, buf+i)) + { + up(&mdc800->io_lock); + return -EFAULT; + } /* check for command start */ - if (buf [i] == (char) 0x55) + if (c == 0x55) { mdc800->in_count=0; mdc800->out_count=0; @@ -804,12 +813,11 @@ static ssize_t mdc800_device_write (stru /* save command byte */ if (mdc800->in_count < 8) { - mdc800->in[mdc800->in_count]=buf[i]; + mdc800->in[mdc800->in_count] = c; mdc800->in_count++; } else { - err ("Command is too long !\n"); up (&mdc800->io_lock); return -EIO; } @@ -884,8 +892,8 @@ static ssize_t mdc800_device_write (stru return -EIO; } - /* Write dummy data, (this is ugly but part of the USB Protokoll */ - /* if you use endpoint 1 as bulk and not as irq */ + /* Write dummy data, (this is ugly but part of the USB Protocol */ + /* if you use endpoint 1 as bulk and not as irq) */ memcpy (mdc800->out, mdc800->camera_response,8); /* This is the interpreted answer */ _