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Input: evdev - fix overflow in compat_ioctl

When exporting input device bitmaps via compat_ioctl on BIG_ENDIAN
platforms evdev calculates data size incorrectly. This causes buffer
overflow if user specifies buffer smaller than maxlen.

Signed-off-by: Kenichi Nagai <kenichi3.nagai@toshiba.co.jp>
Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@mail.ru>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

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Kenichi Nagai and committed by
Linus Torvalds
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drivers/input/evdev.c
··· 336 336 337 337 if (compat) { 338 338 len = NBITS_COMPAT(maxbit) * sizeof(compat_long_t); 339 - if (len < maxlen) 339 + if (len > maxlen) 340 340 len = maxlen; 341 341 342 342 for (i = 0; i < len / sizeof(compat_long_t); i++)