Limit data copied to userspace to amount requested.  Prevents a faulty
instrument from overwriting user memory.
Signed-off-by: Steve Holland <sdh4@iastate.edu>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
                        n_characters = this_part;
                }
 
+               /* Bound amount of data received by amount of data requested */
+               if (n_characters > this_part)
+                       n_characters = this_part;
+
                /* Copy buffer to user space */
                if (copy_to_user(buf + done, &buffer[12], n_characters)) {
                        /* There must have been an addressing problem */