Re: [PATCH v2] ptp: ocp: Limit SMA/signal/freq counts in show/store functions
From: Simon Horman
Date: Fri May 09 2025 - 16:43:49 EST
On Thu, May 08, 2025 at 10:19:01AM +0300, Sagi Maimon wrote:
> The sysfs show/store operations could access uninitialized elements in
> the freq_in[], signal_out[], and sma[] arrays, leading to NULL pointer
> dereferences. This patch introduces u8 fields (nr_freq_in, nr_signal_out,
> nr_sma) to track the actual number of initialized elements, capping the
> maximum at 4 for each array. The affected show/store functions are updated to
> respect these limits, preventing out-of-bounds access and ensuring safe
> array handling.
>
> Signed-off-by: Sagi Maimon <maimon.sagi@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Addressed comments from Simon Horman:
> - https://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg1089986.html
> Changes since v1:
> - Increase label buffer size from 8 to 16 bytes to prevent potential buffer
> overflow warnings from GCC 14.2.0 during string formatting.
Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@xxxxxxxxxx>