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efi: cper: fix snprintf() use in cper_dimm_err_location()

Message ID 20210421194636.1540448-1-linux@rasmusvillemoes.dk
State Accepted
Commit 942859d969de7f6f7f2659a79237a758b42782da
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Series efi: cper: fix snprintf() use in cper_dimm_err_location() | expand

Commit Message

Rasmus Villemoes April 21, 2021, 7:46 p.m. UTC
snprintf() should be given the full buffer size, not one less. And it
guarantees nul-termination, so doing it manually afterwards is
pointless.

It's even potentially harmful (though probably not in practice because
CPER_REC_LEN is 256), due to the "return how much would have been
written had the buffer been big enough" semantics. I.e., if the bank
and/or device strings are long enough that the "DIMM location ..."
output gets truncated, writing to msg[n] is a buffer overflow.

Signed-off-by: Rasmus Villemoes <linux@rasmusvillemoes.dk>
---
 drivers/firmware/efi/cper.c | 4 +---
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

Comments

Ard Biesheuvel May 10, 2021, 3:39 p.m. UTC | #1
On Wed, 21 Apr 2021 at 21:46, Rasmus Villemoes <linux@rasmusvillemoes.dk> wrote:
>

> snprintf() should be given the full buffer size, not one less. And it

> guarantees nul-termination, so doing it manually afterwards is

> pointless.

>

> It's even potentially harmful (though probably not in practice because

> CPER_REC_LEN is 256), due to the "return how much would have been

> written had the buffer been big enough" semantics. I.e., if the bank

> and/or device strings are long enough that the "DIMM location ..."

> output gets truncated, writing to msg[n] is a buffer overflow.

>

> Signed-off-by: Rasmus Villemoes <linux@rasmusvillemoes.dk>

> ---

>  drivers/firmware/efi/cper.c | 4 +---

>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

>

> diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/cper.c b/drivers/firmware/efi/cper.c

> index e15d484b6a5a..ea7ca74fc173 100644

> --- a/drivers/firmware/efi/cper.c

> +++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/cper.c

> @@ -276,8 +276,7 @@ static int cper_dimm_err_location(struct cper_mem_err_compact *mem, char *msg)

>         if (!msg || !(mem->validation_bits & CPER_MEM_VALID_MODULE_HANDLE))

>                 return 0;

>

> -       n = 0;

> -       len = CPER_REC_LEN - 1;

> +       len = CPER_REC_LEN;

>         dmi_memdev_name(mem->mem_dev_handle, &bank, &device);

>         if (bank && device)

>                 n = snprintf(msg, len, "DIMM location: %s %s ", bank, device);

> @@ -286,7 +285,6 @@ static int cper_dimm_err_location(struct cper_mem_err_compact *mem, char *msg)

>                              "DIMM location: not present. DMI handle: 0x%.4x ",

>                              mem->mem_dev_handle);

>

> -       msg[n] = '\0';

>         return n;

>  }

>

> --

> 2.29.2

>


Thanks, I will queue this up.
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diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/cper.c b/drivers/firmware/efi/cper.c
index e15d484b6a5a..ea7ca74fc173 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/efi/cper.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/cper.c
@@ -276,8 +276,7 @@  static int cper_dimm_err_location(struct cper_mem_err_compact *mem, char *msg)
 	if (!msg || !(mem->validation_bits & CPER_MEM_VALID_MODULE_HANDLE))
 		return 0;
 
-	n = 0;
-	len = CPER_REC_LEN - 1;
+	len = CPER_REC_LEN;
 	dmi_memdev_name(mem->mem_dev_handle, &bank, &device);
 	if (bank && device)
 		n = snprintf(msg, len, "DIMM location: %s %s ", bank, device);
@@ -286,7 +285,6 @@  static int cper_dimm_err_location(struct cper_mem_err_compact *mem, char *msg)
 			     "DIMM location: not present. DMI handle: 0x%.4x ",
 			     mem->mem_dev_handle);
 
-	msg[n] = '\0';
 	return n;
 }