kernel/sysctl.c: detect overflows when converting to int
When converting unsigned long to int overflows may occur. These currently
are not detected when writing to the sysctl file system.
E.g. on a system where int has 32 bits and long has 64 bits
echo 0x800001234 > /proc/sys/kernel/threads-max
has the same effect as
echo 0x1234 > /proc/sys/kernel/threads-max
The patch adds the missing check in do_proc_dointvec_conv.
With the patch an overflow will result in an error EINVAL when writing to
the the sysctl file system.
Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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