linux-kernel - [PATCH 3/9] kgdbts: Read buffer overflow

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Date:	Fri, 11 Dec 2009 09:36:11 -0600
From:	Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@...driver.com>
To:	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kgdb-bugreport@...ts.sourceforge.net,
	Roel Kluin <roel.kluin@...il.com>,
	Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@...driver.com>
Subject: [PATCH 3/9] kgdbts: Read buffer overflow

From: Roel Kluin <roel.kluin@...il.com>

Prevent write to put_buf[BUFMAX] in kgdb test suite.

If put_buf_cnt was BUFMAX - 1 at the earlier test,
`\0' is written to put_buf[BUFMAX].

Signed-off-by: Roel Kluin <roel.kluin@...il.com>
Signed-off-by: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@...driver.com>
---
 drivers/misc/kgdbts.c |    6 ++++++
 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/misc/kgdbts.c b/drivers/misc/kgdbts.c
index e4ff50b..2ab0492 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/kgdbts.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/kgdbts.c
@@ -712,6 +712,12 @@ static int run_simple_test(int is_get_char, int chr)
 
 	/* End of packet == #XX so look for the '#' */
 	if (put_buf_cnt > 3 && put_buf[put_buf_cnt - 3] == '#') {
+		if (put_buf_cnt >= BUFMAX) {
+			eprintk("kgdbts: ERROR: put buffer overflow on"
+				" '%s' line %i\n", ts.name, ts.idx);
+			put_buf_cnt = 0;
+			return 0;
+		}
 		put_buf[put_buf_cnt] = '\0';
 		v2printk("put%i: %s\n", ts.idx, put_buf);
 		/* Trigger check here */
-- 
1.6.4.rc1

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