Hi,every one. I found that there is a buffer overflow problem in the following code.
Version: 2.6.24-rc2, File: kernel/time/clocksource.c:417-432 -------------------------------------------------------------------- static ssize_t sysfs_show_available_clocksources(struct sys_device *dev, char *buf) { struct clocksource *src; char *curr = buf; spin_lock_irq(&clocksource_lock); list_for_each_entry(src, &clocksource_list, list) { curr += sprintf(curr, "%s ", src->name); } spin_unlock_irq(&clocksource_lock); curr += sprintf(curr, "\n"); return curr - buf; } ----------------------------------------------------------------------- sysfs_show_current_clocksources() also has the same problem though in practice the size of current clocksource's name won't exceed PAGE_SIZE. I fix the bug by using snprintf according to the specification of the kernel (Version:2.6.24-rc2,File:Documentation/filesystems/sysfs.txt) Fix sysfs_show_available_clocksources() and sysfs_show_current_clocksources() buffer overflow problem with snprintf(). Signed-off-by: Miao Xie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- kernel/time/clocksource.c | 19 ++++++++++--------- 1 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/time/clocksource.c b/kernel/time/clocksource.c index c8a9d13..5d5926f 100644 --- a/kernel/time/clocksource.c +++ b/kernel/time/clocksource.c @@ -342,15 +342,13 @@ void clocksource_change_rating(struct clocksource *cs, int rating) static ssize_t sysfs_show_current_clocksources(struct sys_device *dev, char *buf) { - char *curr = buf; + ssize_t count = 0; spin_lock_irq(&clocksource_lock); - curr += sprintf(curr, "%s ", curr_clocksource->name); + count = snprintf(buf, PAGE_SIZE, "%s\n", curr_clocksource->name); spin_unlock_irq(&clocksource_lock); - curr += sprintf(curr, "\n"); - - return curr - buf; + return count; } /** @@ -418,17 +416,20 @@ static ssize_t sysfs_show_available_clocksources(struct sys_device *dev, char *buf) { struct clocksource *src; - char *curr = buf; + ssize_t count = 0; spin_lock_irq(&clocksource_lock); list_for_each_entry(src, &clocksource_list, list) { - curr += sprintf(curr, "%s ", src->name); + count += snprintf(buf + count, + max((ssize_t)PAGE_SIZE - count, (ssize_t)0), + "%s ", src->name); } spin_unlock_irq(&clocksource_lock); - curr += sprintf(curr, "\n"); + count += snprintf(buf + count, + max((ssize_t)PAGE_SIZE - count, (ssize_t)0), "\n"); - return curr - buf; + return count; } /* -- 1.5.3 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/