Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 2 Apr 2010 15:14:42 +0800 | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Block: Fix block/elevator.c elevator_get() off-by-one error | From | Xiaotian Feng <> |
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On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 5:21 PM, <wzt.wzt@gmail.com> wrote: > elevator_get() not check the name length, if the name length > sizeof(elv), > elv will miss the '\0'. And elv buffer will be replace "-iosched" as something > like aaaaaaaaa, then call request_module() can load an not trust module. > > Signed-off-by: Zhitong Wang <zhitong.wangzt@alibaba-inc.com> > > --- > block/elevator.c | 2 +- > 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/block/elevator.c b/block/elevator.c > index df75676..76e3702 100644 > --- a/block/elevator.c > +++ b/block/elevator.c > @@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ static struct elevator_type *elevator_get(const char *name) > > spin_unlock(&elv_list_lock); > > - sprintf(elv, "%s-iosched", name); > + snprintf(elv, sizeof(elv), "%s-iosched", name); >
elv is defined as char elv[ELV_NAME_MAX + strlen("-iosched")]; so if name length > sizeof(elv), the name length must already bigger than ELV_NAME_MAX
elevator_get is used in elevator_init, so if elevator_init is passing a super long name, why not just return -EINVAL? In this patch, if we pass a super long name, we're still trying to cut it and request_module an invalid name, right? Although '\0' is kept, but name is still invalid, right?
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