Re: [052/121] cifs: extend the buffer length enought for sprintf() using

From: Scott Lovenberg
Date: Sun Sep 08 2013 - 23:04:00 EST


On Sat, Sep 7, 2013 at 10:52 PM, Ben Hutchings <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> 3.2.51-rc1 review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
>
> ------------------
>
> From: Chen Gang <gang.chen@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> commit 057d6332b24a4497c55a761c83c823eed9e3f23b upstream.
>
> For cifs_set_cifscreds() in "fs/cifs/connect.c", 'desc' buffer length
> is 'CIFSCREDS_DESC_SIZE' (56 is less than 256), and 'ses->domainName'
> length may be "255 + '\0'".
>
> The related sprintf() may cause memory overflow, so need extend related
> buffer enough to hold all things.
>
> It is also necessary to be sure of 'ses->domainName' must be less than
> 256, and define the related macro instead of hard code number '256'.
>
> Signed-off-by: Chen Gang <gang.chen@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Shirish Pargaonkar <shirishpargaonkar@xxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Scott Lovenberg <scott.lovenberg@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Steve French <smfrench@xxxxxxxxx>
> [bwh: Backported to 3.2:
> - Adjust context in sess.c
> - Drop inapplicable changes to connect.c]
> Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>


Looks good to me.

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Peace and Blessings,
-Scott.
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