Re: [PATCH 2/9] thunderbolt: show key using %*s not %*pE

From: Kees Cook
Date: Thu Sep 05 2019 - 17:17:15 EST


On Thu, Sep 05, 2019 at 03:44:26PM -0400, J. Bruce Fields wrote:
> From: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> %*pEp (without "h" or "o") is a no-op. This string could contain
> arbitrary (non-NULL) characters, so we do want escaping. Use %*pE like
> every other caller.

Agreed on all counts. pEp is actively resulting in NO escaping, which is
a bug here.

Acked-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

-Kees

>
> Signed-off-by: J. Bruce Fields <bfields@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/thunderbolt/xdomain.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/thunderbolt/xdomain.c b/drivers/thunderbolt/xdomain.c
> index 5118d46702d5..4e17a7c7bf0a 100644
> --- a/drivers/thunderbolt/xdomain.c
> +++ b/drivers/thunderbolt/xdomain.c
> @@ -636,7 +636,7 @@ static ssize_t key_show(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
> * It should be null terminated but anything else is pretty much
> * allowed.
> */
> - return sprintf(buf, "%*pEp\n", (int)strlen(svc->key), svc->key);
> + return sprintf(buf, "%*pE\n", (int)strlen(svc->key), svc->key);
> }
> static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(key);
>
> --
> 2.21.0
>

--
Kees Cook