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mtd: sm_ftl: heap corruption in sm_create_sysfs_attributes()

Message ID 20131205110235.GA14728@elgon.mountain
State New, archived
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Dan Carpenter Dec. 5, 2013, 11:02 a.m. UTC
We always put a NUL terminator one space past the end of the "vendor"
buffer.  Also I think the strnlen() limiter is off by one so I have made
it smaller.

Fixes: 7d17c02a01a1 ('mtd: Add new SmartMedia/xD FTL')
Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com>
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Static analysis stuff.  Untested.

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Walter Harms Dec. 5, 2013, 12:01 p.m. UTC | #1
Am 05.12.2013 12:02, schrieb Dan Carpenter:
> We always put a NUL terminator one space past the end of the "vendor"
> buffer.  Also I think the strnlen() limiter is off by one so I have made
> it smaller.
> 
> Fixes: 7d17c02a01a1 ('mtd: Add new SmartMedia/xD FTL')
> Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com>
> ---
> Static analysis stuff.  Untested.
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/mtd/sm_ftl.c b/drivers/mtd/sm_ftl.c
> index 4b8e89583f2a..7c452714df8d 100644
> --- a/drivers/mtd/sm_ftl.c
> +++ b/drivers/mtd/sm_ftl.c
> @@ -59,11 +59,12 @@ static struct attribute_group *sm_create_sysfs_attributes(struct sm_ftl *ftl)
>  	struct attribute_group *attr_group;
>  	struct attribute **attributes;
>  	struct sm_sysfs_attribute *vendor_attribute;
> +	int vendor_len;
> +	char *vendor;
>  
> -	int vendor_len = strnlen(ftl->cis_buffer + SM_CIS_VENDOR_OFFSET,
> -					SM_SMALL_PAGE - SM_CIS_VENDOR_OFFSET);
> -
> -	char *vendor = kmalloc(vendor_len, GFP_KERNEL);
> +	vendor_len = strnlen(ftl->cis_buffer + SM_CIS_VENDOR_OFFSET,
> +			     SM_SMALL_PAGE - SM_CIS_VENDOR_OFFSET - 1);
> +	vendor = kmalloc(vendor_len + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
>  	if (!vendor)
>  		goto error1;
>  	memcpy(vendor, ftl->cis_buffer + SM_CIS_VENDOR_OFFSET, vendor_len);

Hi Dan,
is this a case for kstr(n)dup() ? like:

int maxlen=SM_SMALL_PAGE - SM_CIS_VENDOR_OFFSET-1;
char *buf=ftl->cis_buffer + SM_CIS_VENDOR_OFFSET;
vendor=kstrndup(buf,maxlen,GFP_KERNEL);
if (!vendor)
	goto error1;

i added maxlen, buf to to help me understand the code,
when the source is save kstrdup() is also an option

just my to cents,
 wh
Dan Carpenter Dec. 5, 2013, 12:57 p.m. UTC | #2
Yeah, good point.  kstrndup() is cleaner.  I will resend.

regards,
dan carpenter
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diff --git a/drivers/mtd/sm_ftl.c b/drivers/mtd/sm_ftl.c
index 4b8e89583f2a..7c452714df8d 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/sm_ftl.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/sm_ftl.c
@@ -59,11 +59,12 @@  static struct attribute_group *sm_create_sysfs_attributes(struct sm_ftl *ftl)
 	struct attribute_group *attr_group;
 	struct attribute **attributes;
 	struct sm_sysfs_attribute *vendor_attribute;
+	int vendor_len;
+	char *vendor;
 
-	int vendor_len = strnlen(ftl->cis_buffer + SM_CIS_VENDOR_OFFSET,
-					SM_SMALL_PAGE - SM_CIS_VENDOR_OFFSET);
-
-	char *vendor = kmalloc(vendor_len, GFP_KERNEL);
+	vendor_len = strnlen(ftl->cis_buffer + SM_CIS_VENDOR_OFFSET,
+			     SM_SMALL_PAGE - SM_CIS_VENDOR_OFFSET - 1);
+	vendor = kmalloc(vendor_len + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!vendor)
 		goto error1;
 	memcpy(vendor, ftl->cis_buffer + SM_CIS_VENDOR_OFFSET, vendor_len);