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Subject[PATCH 3/3] vsprintf: ignore %n again
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This ignores %n in printf again, as was originally documented. Implementing
%n poses a greater security risk than utility, so it should stay ignored.
To help anyone attempting to use %n, a warning will be emitted if it is
encountered.

Based on earlier patch by Joe Perches.

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Cc: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
---
lib/vsprintf.c | 20 +++++++++-----------
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/vsprintf.c b/lib/vsprintf.c
index 26559bd..478c30e 100644
--- a/lib/vsprintf.c
+++ b/lib/vsprintf.c
@@ -1683,18 +1683,16 @@ int vsnprintf(char *buf, size_t size, const char *fmt, va_list args)
break;

case FORMAT_TYPE_NRCHARS: {
- u8 qualifier = spec.qualifier;
+ /*
+ * Since %n poses a greater security risk than
+ * utility, ignore %n and skip its argument.
+ */
+ void *skip_arg;

- if (qualifier == 'l') {
- long *ip = va_arg(args, long *);
- *ip = (str - buf);
- } else if (_tolower(qualifier) == 'z') {
- size_t *ip = va_arg(args, size_t *);
- *ip = (str - buf);
- } else {
- int *ip = va_arg(args, int *);
- *ip = (str - buf);
- }
+ WARN_ONCE(1, "Please remove ignored %%n in '%s'\n",
+ old_fmt);
+
+ skip_arg = va_arg(args, void *);
break;
}

--
1.7.9.5


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