media: hdpvr: fix error value returns in hdpvr_read

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Error return values are supposed to be negative in hdpvr_read. Most
error returns are currently handled via an unsigned integer "ret". When
setting a negative error value to "ret", the value actually becomes a
large positive value, because "ret" is unsigned. Later on, the "ret"
value is returned. But as ssize_t is a 64-bit signed number, the error
return value stays a large positive integer instead of a negative
integer. This can cause an error value to be interpreted as the read
size, which can cause a buffer overread for applications relying on the
returned size.

Fixes: 9aba42efe8 ("V4L/DVB (11096): V4L2 Driver for the Hauppauge HD PVR usb capture device")
Signed-off-by: Niels Dossche <dossche.niels@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Hans Verkuil <hverkuil-cisco@xs4all.nl>
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>

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Niels Dossche 2022-06-14 18:50:02 +01:00 • committed by Greg Kroah-Hartman

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drivers/media/usb/hdpvr/hdpvr-video.c

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