[Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH][next] ixgbe: fix potential u32 overflow on shift

Bowers, AndrewX andrewx.bowers at intel.com
Thu Jun 13 21:17:55 UTC 2019


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> From: Intel-wired-lan [mailto:intel-wired-lan-bounces at osuosl.org] On
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> <jeffrey.t.kirsher at intel.com>; David S . Miller <davem at davemloft.net>;
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> Subject: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH][next] ixgbe: fix potential u32 overflow on
> shift
> 
> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king at canonical.com>
> 
> The u32 variable rem is being shifted using u32 arithmetic however it is being
> passed to div_u64 that expects the expression to be a u64.
> The 32 bit shift may potentially overflow, so cast rem to a u64 before shifting
> to avoid this.
> 
> Addresses-Coverity: ("Unintentional integer overflow")
> Fixes: cd4583206990 ("ixgbe: implement support for SDP/PPS output on X550
> hardware")
> Fixes: 68d9676fc04e ("ixgbe: fix PTP SDP pin setup on X540 hardware")
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king at canonical.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_ptp.c | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Tested-by: Andrew Bowers <andrewx.bowers at intel.com>



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