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@@ -246,11 +246,11 @@ show_shost_active_mode(struct device *dev,
static DEVICE_ATTR(active_mode, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR, show_shost_active_mode, NULL);
-static int check_reset_type(char *str)
+static int check_reset_type(const char *str)
{
- if (strncmp(str, "adapter", 10) == 0)
+ if (sysfs_streq(str, "adapter"))
return SCSI_ADAPTER_RESET;
- else if (strncmp(str, "firmware", 10) == 0)
+ else if (sysfs_streq(str, "firmware"))
return SCSI_FIRMWARE_RESET;
else
return 0;
@@ -263,12 +263,9 @@ store_host_reset(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
struct Scsi_Host *shost = class_to_shost(dev);
struct scsi_host_template *sht = shost->hostt;
int ret = -EINVAL;
- char str[10];
int type;
- sscanf(buf, "%s", str);
- type = check_reset_type(str);
-
+ type = check_reset_type(buf);
if (!type)
goto exit_store_host_reset;
This is a note to let you know that I have just added a patch titled prevent stack buffer overflow in host_reset to the linux-3.5.y-queue branch of the 3.5.y.z extended stable tree which can be found at: http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git?p=ubuntu/linux.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/linux-3.5.y-queue If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to this tree, please reply to this email. For more information about the 3.5.y.z tree, see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/Dev/ExtendedStable Thanks. -Herton ------ From f094c00894c2c9ce941f67f0ddeadcedc9d9ccfd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sasha Levin <sasha.levin@oracle.com> Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2012 15:51:46 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] prevent stack buffer overflow in host_reset commit 072f19b4bea31cdd482d79f805413f2f9ac9e233 upstream. store_host_reset() has tried to re-invent the wheel to compare sysfs strings. Unfortunately it did so poorly and never bothered to check the input from userspace before overwriting stack with it, so something simple as: echo "WoopsieWoopsie" > /sys/devices/pseudo_0/adapter0/host0/scsi_host/host0/host_reset would result in: [ 316.310101] Kernel panic - not syncing: stack-protector: Kernel stack is corrupted in: ffffffff81f5bac7 [ 316.310101] [ 316.320051] Pid: 6655, comm: sh Tainted: G W 3.7.0-rc5-next-20121114-sasha-00016-g5c9d68d-dirty #129 [ 316.320051] Call Trace: [ 316.340058] pps pps0: PPS event at 1352918752.620355751 [ 316.340062] pps pps0: capture assert seq #303 [ 316.320051] [<ffffffff83b3856b>] panic+0xcd/0x1f4 [ 316.320051] [<ffffffff81f5bac7>] ? store_host_reset+0xd7/0x100 [ 316.320051] [<ffffffff8110b996>] __stack_chk_fail+0x16/0x20 [ 316.320051] [<ffffffff81f5bac7>] store_host_reset+0xd7/0x100 [ 316.320051] [<ffffffff81e55bb3>] dev_attr_store+0x13/0x30 [ 316.320051] [<ffffffff812f7db1>] sysfs_write_file+0x101/0x170 [ 316.320051] [<ffffffff8127acc8>] vfs_write+0xb8/0x180 [ 316.320051] [<ffffffff8127ae80>] sys_write+0x50/0xa0 [ 316.320051] [<ffffffff83c03418>] tracesys+0xe1/0xe6 Fix this by uninventing whatever was going on there and just use sysfs_streq. Bug introduced by 29443691 ("[SCSI] scsi: Added support for adapter and firmware reset"). [jejb: added necessary const to prevent compile warnings] Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sasha.levin@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: James Bottomley <JBottomley@Parallels.com> Signed-off-by: Herton Ronaldo Krzesinski <herton.krzesinski@canonical.com> --- drivers/scsi/scsi_sysfs.c | 11 ++++------- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) -- 1.7.9.5