10c8d69f31
If seq_file .next fuction does not change position index, read after
some lseek can generate unexpected output.
In Aug 2018 NeilBrown noticed commit 1f4aace60b0e ("fs/seq_file.c:
simplify seq_file iteration code and interface") "Some ->next functions
do not increment *pos when they return NULL... Note that such ->next
functions are buggy and should be fixed. A simple demonstration is
dd if=/proc/swaps bs=1000 skip=1
Choose any block size larger than the size of /proc/swaps. This will
always show the whole last line of /proc/swaps"
Described problem is still actual. If you make lseek into middle of
last output line following read will output end of last line and whole
last line once again.
$ dd if=/proc/swaps bs=1 # usual output
Filename Type Size Used Priority
/dev/dm-0 partition 4194812 97536 -2
104+0 records in
104+0 records out
104 bytes copied
$ dd if=/proc/swaps bs=40 skip=1 # last line was generated twice
dd: /proc/swaps: cannot skip to specified offset
v/dm-0 partition 4194812 97536 -2
/dev/dm-0 partition 4194812 97536 -2
3+1 records in
3+1 records out
131 bytes copied
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=206283
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/bd8cfd7b-ac95-9b91-f9e7-e8438bd5047d@virtuozzo.com
Signed-off-by: Vasily Averin <vvs@virtuozzo.com>
Reviewed-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Jann Horn <jannh@google.com>
Cc: Alexander Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Cc: Hugh Dickins <hughd@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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