linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/2] pm_qos: clean up racy "name" variable

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <20090806200509.2320a3fd@bike.lwn.net>
Date:	Thu, 6 Aug 2009 20:05:09 -0600
From:	Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
To:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, Mark Gross <mgross@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] pm_qos: clean up racy "name" variable

"name" is an awful name for a file-global variable.  It was used in
three different functions, with no mutual exclusion.  But it's just a
tiny, temporary string; let's just move it onto the stack in the
functions that need it.  Also use snprintf() just in case.

Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
---
 kernel/pm_qos_params.c |   12 +++++++-----
 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/pm_qos_params.c b/kernel/pm_qos_params.c
index d96b83e..3db49b9 100644
--- a/kernel/pm_qos_params.c
+++ b/kernel/pm_qos_params.c
@@ -343,18 +343,18 @@ int pm_qos_remove_notifier(int pm_qos_class, struct notifier_block *notifier)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(pm_qos_remove_notifier);
 
-#define PID_NAME_LEN sizeof("process_1234567890")
-static char name[PID_NAME_LEN];
+#define PID_NAME_LEN 32
 
 static int pm_qos_power_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
 {
 	int ret;
 	long pm_qos_class;
+	char name[PID_NAME_LEN];
 
 	pm_qos_class = find_pm_qos_object_by_minor(iminor(inode));
 	if (pm_qos_class >= 0) {
 		filp->private_data = (void *)pm_qos_class;
-		sprintf(name, "process_%d", current->pid);
+		snprintf(name, PID_NAME_LEN, "process_%d", current->pid);
 		ret = pm_qos_add_requirement(pm_qos_class, name,
 					PM_QOS_DEFAULT_VALUE);
 		if (ret >= 0)
@@ -366,9 +366,10 @@ static int pm_qos_power_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
 static int pm_qos_power_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
 {
 	int pm_qos_class;
+	char name[PID_NAME_LEN];
 
 	pm_qos_class = (long)filp->private_data;
-	sprintf(name, "process_%d", current->pid);
+	snprintf(name, PID_NAME_LEN, "process_%d", current->pid);
 	pm_qos_remove_requirement(pm_qos_class, name);
 
 	return 0;
@@ -379,13 +380,14 @@ static ssize_t pm_qos_power_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *buf,
 {
 	s32 value;
 	int pm_qos_class;
+	char name[PID_NAME_LEN];
 
 	pm_qos_class = (long)filp->private_data;
 	if (count != sizeof(s32))
 		return -EINVAL;
 	if (copy_from_user(&value, buf, sizeof(s32)))
 		return -EFAULT;
-	sprintf(name, "process_%d", current->pid);
+	snprintf(name, PID_NAME_LEN, "process_%d", current->pid);
 	pm_qos_update_requirement(pm_qos_class, name, value);
 
 	return  sizeof(s32);
-- 
1.6.2.5

--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/