Re: [tip:tracing/ftrace] kernel/trace/trace_functions_graph.c: fixnsecs_str buffer size

From: Frederic Weisbecker
Date: Mon Mar 23 2009 - 12:48:05 EST


On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 04:42:27PM +0000, Daniel Mack wrote:
> Commit-ID: 603b9b9081ae0a1af986b9059a0a5055876ddea9
> Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/603b9b9081ae0a1af986b9059a0a5055876ddea9
> Author: Daniel Mack <daniel@xxxxxxxx>
> AuthorDate: Mon, 23 Mar 2009 17:10:37 +0100
> Committer: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx>
> CommitDate: Mon, 23 Mar 2009 17:40:51 +0100
>
> kernel/trace/trace_functions_graph.c: fix nsecs_str buffer size
>
> Impact: fix currently inactive buffer-overflow
>
> In kernel/trace/trace_functions_graph.c, print_graph_duration(),
> len can be as low as 1 or 2, which could make snprintf() write
> beyond the buffer bounds. (Found by cppcheck, no real-world bug
> occured)
>
> Signed-off-by: Daniel Mack <daniel@xxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@xxxxxxxxx>
> LKML-Reference: <1237824637-28190-1-git-send-email-daniel@xxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx>
>
>
> ---
> kernel/trace/trace_functions_graph.c | 2 +-
> 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)



Ingo, as I explained to Daniel before (I should have Cc you),
there is no overflow to protect here, so this patch will not
change anything.

This is my bad, I should better comment my code.

Frederic.



> diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_functions_graph.c b/kernel/trace/trace_functions_graph.c
> index e876816..a305472 100644
> --- a/kernel/trace/trace_functions_graph.c
> +++ b/kernel/trace/trace_functions_graph.c
> @@ -430,7 +430,7 @@ print_graph_duration(unsigned long long duration, struct trace_seq *s)
> unsigned long nsecs_rem = do_div(duration, 1000);
> /* log10(ULONG_MAX) + '\0' */
> char msecs_str[21];
> - char nsecs_str[5];
> + char nsecs_str[8];
> int ret, len;
> int i;
>

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