linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] arch: sparc: kernel: check the memory length before use strcpy().

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Date:	Wed, 10 Jul 2013 13:42:16 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	gang.chen@...anux.com
Cc:	sam@...nborg.org, zhaohongjiang@...wei.com,
	gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, sparclinux@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arch@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] arch: sparc: kernel: check the memory length before
 use strcpy().

From: Chen Gang <gang.chen@...anux.com>
Date: Sat, 22 Jun 2013 13:26:09 +0800

> 
> For the related next strcpy(), the destination length is less than 512,
> but the source maximize length may be 'OPROMMAXPARAM' (4096) which is
> more than 512.
> 
> One work flow may:
>   openprom_sunos_ioctl() ->  if (cmd == OPROMSETOPT)
>     getstrings() ->  will alloc buffer with size 'OPROMMAXPARAM'.
>     opromsetopt() ->  devide the buffer into 'var' and 'value'
>       of_set_property() -> pass
>         prom_setprop() -> pass
>           ldom_set_var()
> 
> And do not mind the additional 4 alignment buffer increasing, since
> 'sizeof(pkt) - sizeof(pkt.header)' is 4 alignment at least.
> 
> 
> Signed-off-by: Chen Gang <gang.chen@...anux.com>

Applied.
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