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[17/22] platform/x86: alienware-wmi: fix format string overflow warning

Message ID 20170714120720.906842-18-arnd@arndb.de
State New
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Series gcc-7 -Wformat-* warnings | expand

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Arnd Bergmann July 14, 2017, 12:07 p.m. UTC
gcc points out a possible format string overflow for a large value of 'zone':

drivers/platform/x86/alienware-wmi.c: In function 'alienware_wmi_init':
drivers/platform/x86/alienware-wmi.c:461:24: error: '%02X' directive writing between 2 and 8 bytes into a region of size 6 [-Werror=format-overflow=]
   sprintf(buffer, "zone%02X", i);
                        ^~~~
drivers/platform/x86/alienware-wmi.c:461:19: note: directive argument in the range [0, 2147483646]
   sprintf(buffer, "zone%02X", i);
                   ^~~~~~~~~~
drivers/platform/x86/alienware-wmi.c:461:3: note: 'sprintf' output between 7 and 13 bytes into a destination of size 10

While the zone should never be that large, it's easy to make the
buffer a few bytes longer so gcc can prove this to be safe.

Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>

---
 drivers/platform/x86/alienware-wmi.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

-- 
2.9.0

Comments

Limonciello, Mario July 14, 2017, 6:30 p.m. UTC | #1
> -----Original Message-----

> From: Arnd Bergmann [mailto:arnd@arndb.de]

> Sent: Friday, July 14, 2017 7:07 AM

> To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org; Darren Hart <dvhart@infradead.org>; Andy

> Shevchenko <andy@infradead.org>

> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>; Linus Torvalds

> <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>; Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>;

> akpm@linux-foundation.org; netdev@vger.kernel.org; David S . Miller

> <davem@davemloft.net>; James E . J . Bottomley <jejb@linux.vnet.ibm.com>;

> Martin K . Petersen <martin.petersen@oracle.com>; linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org;

> x86@kernel.org; Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>; Limonciello, Mario

> <Mario_Limonciello@Dell.com>; Arvind Yadav <arvind.yadav.cs@gmail.com>;

> platform-driver-x86@vger.kernel.org

> Subject: [PATCH 17/22] platform/x86: alienware-wmi: fix format string overflow

> warning

> 

> gcc points out a possible format string overflow for a large value of 'zone':

> 

> drivers/platform/x86/alienware-wmi.c: In function 'alienware_wmi_init':

> drivers/platform/x86/alienware-wmi.c:461:24: error: '%02X' directive writing

> between 2 and 8 bytes into a region of size 6 [-Werror=format-overflow=]

>    sprintf(buffer, "zone%02X", i);

>                         ^~~~

> drivers/platform/x86/alienware-wmi.c:461:19: note: directive argument in the

> range [0, 2147483646]

>    sprintf(buffer, "zone%02X", i);

>                    ^~~~~~~~~~

> drivers/platform/x86/alienware-wmi.c:461:3: note: 'sprintf' output between 7 and

> 13 bytes into a destination of size 10

> 

> While the zone should never be that large, it's easy to make the

> buffer a few bytes longer so gcc can prove this to be safe.

> 

> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>

> ---

>  drivers/platform/x86/alienware-wmi.c | 2 +-

>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

> 

> diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/alienware-wmi.c

> b/drivers/platform/x86/alienware-wmi.c

> index 0831b428c217..acc01242da82 100644

> --- a/drivers/platform/x86/alienware-wmi.c

> +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/alienware-wmi.c

> @@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ static DEVICE_ATTR(lighting_control_state, 0644,

> show_control_state,

>  static int alienware_zone_init(struct platform_device *dev)

>  {

>  	int i;

> -	char buffer[10];

> +	char buffer[13];

>  	char *name;

> 

>  	if (interface == WMAX) {

> --

> 2.9.0


LGTM,  Thanks.

Signed-off-by: Mario Limonciello <mario.limonciello@dell.com>
Andy Shevchenko July 14, 2017, 7:18 p.m. UTC | #2
On Fri, Jul 14, 2017 at 3:07 PM, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> wrote:
> gcc points out a possible format string overflow for a large value of 'zone':

>

> drivers/platform/x86/alienware-wmi.c: In function 'alienware_wmi_init':

> drivers/platform/x86/alienware-wmi.c:461:24: error: '%02X' directive writing between 2 and 8 bytes into a region of size 6 [-Werror=format-overflow=]

>    sprintf(buffer, "zone%02X", i);

>                         ^~~~

> drivers/platform/x86/alienware-wmi.c:461:19: note: directive argument in the range [0, 2147483646]

>    sprintf(buffer, "zone%02X", i);

>                    ^~~~~~~~~~

> drivers/platform/x86/alienware-wmi.c:461:3: note: 'sprintf' output between 7 and 13 bytes into a destination of size 10

>

> While the zone should never be that large, it's easy to make the

> buffer a few bytes longer so gcc can prove this to be safe.


Please, be a bit smarter on such fixes.

Here we need to convert

int i;

to

u8 i;

I will take it after addressing above.

P.S. You may do this change across the file.

> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>

> ---

>  drivers/platform/x86/alienware-wmi.c | 2 +-

>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

>

> diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/alienware-wmi.c b/drivers/platform/x86/alienware-wmi.c

> index 0831b428c217..acc01242da82 100644

> --- a/drivers/platform/x86/alienware-wmi.c

> +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/alienware-wmi.c

> @@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ static DEVICE_ATTR(lighting_control_state, 0644, show_control_state,

>  static int alienware_zone_init(struct platform_device *dev)

>  {

>         int i;

> -       char buffer[10];

> +       char buffer[13];

>         char *name;

>

>         if (interface == WMAX) {

> --

> 2.9.0

>




-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko
Arnd Bergmann July 14, 2017, 7:37 p.m. UTC | #3
On Fri, Jul 14, 2017 at 9:18 PM, Andy Shevchenko
<andy.shevchenko@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 14, 2017 at 3:07 PM, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> wrote:

>> gcc points out a possible format string overflow for a large value of 'zone':

>>

>> drivers/platform/x86/alienware-wmi.c: In function 'alienware_wmi_init':

>> drivers/platform/x86/alienware-wmi.c:461:24: error: '%02X' directive writing between 2 and 8 bytes into a region of size 6 [-Werror=format-overflow=]

>>    sprintf(buffer, "zone%02X", i);

>>                         ^~~~

>> drivers/platform/x86/alienware-wmi.c:461:19: note: directive argument in the range [0, 2147483646]

>>    sprintf(buffer, "zone%02X", i);

>>                    ^~~~~~~~~~

>> drivers/platform/x86/alienware-wmi.c:461:3: note: 'sprintf' output between 7 and 13 bytes into a destination of size 10

>>

>> While the zone should never be that large, it's easy to make the

>> buffer a few bytes longer so gcc can prove this to be safe.

>

> Please, be a bit smarter on such fixes.

>

> Here we need to convert

>

> int i;

>

> to

>

> u8 i;


That was my first impulse, but then I decided not to change the
idiomatic 'int i' for the index variable to 'u8' as that would be
less idiomatic.

> I will take it after addressing above.

>

> P.S. You may do this change across the file.


How about changing it to 'u8 zone'?

     Arnd
Andy Shevchenko July 14, 2017, 7:49 p.m. UTC | #4
On Fri, Jul 14, 2017 at 10:37 PM, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 14, 2017 at 9:18 PM, Andy Shevchenko

> <andy.shevchenko@gmail.com> wrote:

>> On Fri, Jul 14, 2017 at 3:07 PM, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> wrote:

>>> gcc points out a possible format string overflow for a large value of 'zone':


>> Here we need to convert

>>

>> int i;

>>

>> to

>>

>> u8 i;

>

> That was my first impulse, but then I decided not to change the

> idiomatic 'int i' for the index variable to 'u8' as that would be

> less idiomatic.

>

>> I will take it after addressing above.

>>

>> P.S. You may do this change across the file.

>

> How about changing it to 'u8 zone'?


I'm ultimately fine with that (just gentle reminder you might fix all
3 occurrences of it in that driver).

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko
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diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/alienware-wmi.c b/drivers/platform/x86/alienware-wmi.c
index 0831b428c217..acc01242da82 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/alienware-wmi.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/alienware-wmi.c
@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@  static DEVICE_ATTR(lighting_control_state, 0644, show_control_state,
 static int alienware_zone_init(struct platform_device *dev)
 {
 	int i;
-	char buffer[10];
+	char buffer[13];
 	char *name;
 
 	if (interface == WMAX) {