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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/input/evdev.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/input/evdev.c | 7 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/input/evdev.c b/drivers/input/evdev.c index a8ce3d140722..eb4906552ac8 100644 --- a/drivers/input/evdev.c +++ b/drivers/input/evdev.c @@ -498,6 +498,13 @@ static ssize_t evdev_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buffer, struct input_event event; int retval = 0; + /* + * Limit amount of data we inject into the input subsystem so that + * we do not hold evdev->mutex for too long. 4096 bytes corresponds + * to 170 input events. + */ + count = min(count, 4096); + if (count != 0 && count < input_event_size()) return -EINVAL; |