On Wed, Nov 23, 2016 at 01:00:07PM +0200, Jani Nikula wrote:
> On Wed, 23 Nov 2016, Liviu Dudau <liviu.du...@arm.com> wrote:
> > drm_get_format_name() de-references the buf parameter without checking
> > if the pointer was not NULL. Given that the function is EXPORT-ed, lets
> > sanitise the parameters before proceeding.
> >
> > v2: Use BUG_ON() to annoy users that did not pass valid parameters to
> > function.
> >
> > Fixes: b3c11ac267d461d3d5 ("drm: move allocation out of
> > drm_get_format_name())
> > Cc: Eric Engestrom <e...@engestrom.ch>
> > Cc: Rob Clark <robdcl...@gmail.com>
> > Cc: Jani Nikula <jani.nik...@intel.com>
> > Cc: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vet...@ffwll.ch>
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Liviu Dudau <liviu.du...@arm.com>
> > ---
> > I still think sanity checking the parameters of an exported function is
> > worth
> > doing, even if the way one triggers the NULL pointer crash is priviledged.
> > Not
> > a big fan of the verbosity of BUG_ON() and would rather silently reject
> > NULL buf
> > pointer, but that is a matter of taste.
>
> There really is no meaningful difference between doing BUG_ON(!bug)
> vs. just letting buf->str oops. The kernel is full of functions that
> expect sensible pointers, and I don't see why this one in particular
> should be so special to warrant a BUG_ON().
Agree. That is why I prefer v1 where I return immediately on NULL pointers.
Best regards,
Liviu
>
> BR,
> Jani.
>
> >
> >
> > drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fourcc.c | 2 ++
> > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fourcc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fourcc.c
> > index 90d2cc8..6d80239 100644
> > --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fourcc.c
> > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fourcc.c
> > @@ -85,6 +85,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_mode_legacy_fb_format);
> > */
> > const char *drm_get_format_name(uint32_t format, struct
> > drm_format_name_buf *buf)
> > {
> > + BUG_ON(!buf);
> > +
> > snprintf(buf->str, sizeof(buf->str),
> > "%c%c%c%c %s-endian (0x%08x)",
> > printable_char(format & 0xff),
>
> --
> Jani Nikula, Intel Open Source Technology Center
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