[PATCH] thermal/core: Potential buffer overflow in thermal_build_list_of_policies()

[PATCH] thermal/core: Potential buffer overflow in thermal_build_list_of_policies()

[Dan Carpenter]

After printing the list of thermal governors, then this function prints
a newline character.  The problem is that "size" has not been updated
after printing the last governor.  This means that it can write one
character (the NUL terminator) beyond the end of the buffer.

Get rid of the "size" variable and just use "PAGE_SIZE - count" directly.

Fixes: 1b4f48494eb2 ("thermal: core: group functions related to governor handling")
Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com>
---
 drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c | 7 +++----
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c b/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c
index 97ef9b040b84..51374f4e1cca 100644
--- a/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c
+++ b/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c
@@ -222,15 +222,14 @@ int thermal_build_list_of_policies(char *buf)
 {
 	struct thermal_governor *pos;
 	ssize_t count = 0;
-	ssize_t size = PAGE_SIZE;
 
 	mutex_lock(&thermal_governor_lock);
 
 	list_for_each_entry(pos, &thermal_governor_list, governor_list) {
-		size = PAGE_SIZE - count;
-		count += scnprintf(buf + count, size, "%s ", pos->name);
+		count += scnprintf(buf + count, PAGE_SIZE - count, "%s ",
+				   pos->name);
 	}
-	count += scnprintf(buf + count, size, "\n");
+	count += scnprintf(buf + count, PAGE_SIZE - count, "\n");
 
 	mutex_unlock(&thermal_governor_lock);
 
-- 
2.20.1

Re: [PATCH] thermal/core: Potential buffer overflow in thermal_build_list_of_policies()

[Daniel Lezcano]

On 16/09/2021 15:13, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> After printing the list of thermal governors, then this function prints
> a newline character.  The problem is that "size" has not been updated
> after printing the last governor.  This means that it can write one
> character (the NUL terminator) beyond the end of the buffer.
> 
> Get rid of the "size" variable and just use "PAGE_SIZE - count" directly.
> 
> Fixes: 1b4f48494eb2 ("thermal: core: group functions related to governor handling")
> Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com>
> ---

Applied, thanks


>  drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c | 7 +++----
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c b/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c
> index 97ef9b040b84..51374f4e1cca 100644
> --- a/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c
> +++ b/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c
> @@ -222,15 +222,14 @@ int thermal_build_list_of_policies(char *buf)
>  {
>  	struct thermal_governor *pos;
>  	ssize_t count = 0;
> -	ssize_t size = PAGE_SIZE;
>  
>  	mutex_lock(&thermal_governor_lock);
>  
>  	list_for_each_entry(pos, &thermal_governor_list, governor_list) {
> -		size = PAGE_SIZE - count;
> -		count += scnprintf(buf + count, size, "%s ", pos->name);
> +		count += scnprintf(buf + count, PAGE_SIZE - count, "%s ",
> +				   pos->name);
>  	}
> -	count += scnprintf(buf + count, size, "\n");
> +	count += scnprintf(buf + count, PAGE_SIZE - count, "\n");
>  
>  	mutex_unlock(&thermal_governor_lock);
>  
> 


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