[PATCH v2 0/7] kdb: Refactor and fix bugs in kdb_read()

From: Daniel Thompson
Date: Mon Apr 22 2024 - 12:37:59 EST


Inspired by a patch from [Justin][1] I took a closer look at kdb_read().

Despite Justin's patch being a (correct) one-line manipulation it was a
tough patch to review because the surrounding code was hard to read and
it looked like there were unfixed problems.

This series isn't enough to make kdb_read() beautiful but it does make
it shorter, easier to reason about and fixes two buffer overflows and a
screen redraw problem!

[1]: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240403-strncpy-kernel-debug-kdb-kdb_io-c-v1-1-7f78a08e9ff4@xxxxxxxxxx/

Signed-off-by: Daniel Thompson <daniel.thompson@xxxxxxxxxx>
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Changes in v2:
- No code changes!
- I belatedly realized that one of the cleanups actually fixed a buffer
overflow so there are changes to Cc: (to add stable@...) and to one
of the patch descriptions.
- Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240416-kgdb_read_refactor-v1-0-b18c2d01076d@xxxxxxxxxx

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Daniel Thompson (7):
kdb: Fix buffer overflow during tab-complete
kdb: Use format-strings rather than '\0' injection in kdb_read()
kdb: Fix console handling when editing and tab-completing commands
kdb: Merge identical case statements in kdb_read()
kdb: Use format-specifiers rather than memset() for padding in kdb_read()
kdb: Replace double memcpy() with memmove() in kdb_read()
kdb: Simplify management of tmpbuffer in kdb_read()

kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_io.c | 133 ++++++++++++++++++++--------------------------
1 file changed, 58 insertions(+), 75 deletions(-)
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base-commit: dccce9b8780618986962ba37c373668bcf426866
change-id: 20240415-kgdb_read_refactor-2ea2dfc15dbb

Best regards,
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Daniel Thompson <daniel.thompson@xxxxxxxxxx>