linux-kernel - [PATCH] trace-cmd: prevent print_graph

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Date:	Sun, 13 Jun 2010 13:11:48 -0400
From:	Chase Douglas <chase.douglas@...onical.com>
To:	Steven Rostedt <srostedt@...hat.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] trace-cmd: prevent print_graph_duration buffer overflow

Passing n > sizeof(string) to snprintf can cause a glibc buffer overflow
condition. We know the exact size of nsecs_str, so use it instead of
math that may overflow.

Signed-off-by: Chase Douglas <chase.douglas@...onical.com>
---
 trace-ftrace.c |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/trace-ftrace.c b/trace-ftrace.c
index af9ac8d..ee7c6dc 100644
--- a/trace-ftrace.c
+++ b/trace-ftrace.c
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ static void print_graph_duration(struct trace_seq *s, unsigned long long duratio
 
 	/* Print nsecs (we don't want to exceed 7 numbers) */
 	if ((s->len - len) < 7) {
-		snprintf(nsecs_str, 8 - (s->len - len), "%03lu", nsecs_rem);
+		snprintf(nsecs_str, sizeof(nsecs_str), "%03lu", nsecs_rem);
 		trace_seq_printf(s, ".%s", nsecs_str);
 	}
 
-- 
1.7.0.4

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