1 files changed, 25 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/tools/iio/iio_generic_buffer.c b/tools/iio/iio_generic_buffer.c
index f8deae4e26a1..0d0a7a19d6f9 100644
--- a/tools/iio/iio_generic_buffer.c
+++ b/tools/iio/iio_generic_buffer.c
@@ -51,12 +51,15 @@ enum autochan {
  * Has the side effect of filling the channels[i].location values used
  * in processing the buffer output.
  **/
-static int size_from_channelarray(struct iio_channel_info *channels, int num_channels)
+static unsigned int size_from_channelarray(struct iio_channel_info *channels, int num_channels)
 {
-	int bytes = 0;
-	int i = 0;
+	unsigned int bytes = 0;
+	int i = 0, max = 0;
+	unsigned int misalignment;
 
 	while (i < num_channels) {
+		if (channels[i].bytes > max)
+			max = channels[i].bytes;
 		if (bytes % channels[i].bytes == 0)
 			channels[i].location = bytes;
 		else
@@ -66,6 +69,14 @@ static int size_from_channelarray(struct iio_channel_info *channels, int num_cha
 		bytes = channels[i].location + channels[i].bytes;
 		i++;
 	}
+	/*
+	 * We want the data in next sample to also be properly aligned so
+	 * we'll add padding at the end if needed. Adding padding only
+	 * works for channel data which size is 2^n bytes.
+	 */
+	misalignment = bytes % max;
+	if (misalignment)
+		bytes += max - misalignment;
 
 	return bytes;
 }
@@ -348,7 +359,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	ssize_t read_size;
 	int dev_num = -1, trig_num = -1;
 	char *buffer_access = NULL;
-	int scan_size;
+	unsigned int scan_size;
 	int noevents = 0;
 	int notrigger = 0;
 	char *dummy;
@@ -674,7 +685,16 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	}
 
 	scan_size = size_from_channelarray(channels, num_channels);
-	data = malloc(scan_size * buf_len);
+
+	size_t total_buf_len = scan_size * buf_len;
+
+	if (scan_size > 0 && total_buf_len / scan_size != buf_len) {
+		ret = -EFAULT;
+		perror("Integer overflow happened when calculate scan_size * buf_len");
+		goto error;
+	}
+
+	data = malloc(total_buf_len);
 	if (!data) {
 		ret = -ENOMEM;
 		goto error;