grub2/SOURCES/0425-util-grub-editenv-Fix-incorrect-casting-of-a-signed-.patch

From 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Darren Kenny <darren.kenny@oracle.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2020 14:33:50 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] util/grub-editenv: Fix incorrect casting of a signed value

The return value of ftell() may be negative (-1) on error. While it is
probably unlikely to occur, we should not blindly cast to an unsigned
value without first testing that it is not negative.

Fixes: CID 73856

Signed-off-by: Darren Kenny <darren.kenny@oracle.com>
Reviewed-by: Daniel Kiper <daniel.kiper@oracle.com>
---
 util/grub-editenv.c | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/util/grub-editenv.c b/util/grub-editenv.c
index 2918bb71c..e9011e0fb 100644
--- a/util/grub-editenv.c
+++ b/util/grub-editenv.c
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@ open_envblk_file (const char *name)
 {
   FILE *fp;
   char *buf;
+  long loc;
   size_t size;
   grub_envblk_t envblk;
 
@@ -146,7 +147,12 @@ open_envblk_file (const char *name)
     grub_util_error (_("cannot seek `%s': %s"), name,
 		     strerror (errno));
 
-  size = (size_t) ftell (fp);
+  loc = ftell (fp);
+  if (loc < 0)
+    grub_util_error (_("cannot get file location `%s': %s"), name,
+		     strerror (errno));
+
+  size = (size_t) loc;
 
   if (fseek (fp, 0, SEEK_SET) < 0)
     grub_util_error (_("cannot seek `%s': %s"), name,