linux-kernel - [PATCH] sparc: fix ldom_reboot buffer overflow harder

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Date:	Tue, 1 Oct 2013 22:13:34 -0700
From:	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>,
	Zhao Hongjiang <zhaohongjiang@...wei.com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	sparclinux@...r.kernel.org, Brad Spengler <spender@...ecurity.net>
Subject: [PATCH] sparc: fix ldom_reboot buffer overflow harder

The length argument to strlcpy was still wrong. It could overflow the end of
full_boot_str by 5 bytes. Instead of strcat and strlcpy, just use snprint.

Reported-by: Brad Spengler <spender@...ecurity.net>
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
---
 arch/sparc/kernel/ds.c |    5 ++---
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/ds.c b/arch/sparc/kernel/ds.c
index 4d9ac84..dff60ab 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/ds.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/ds.c
@@ -849,9 +849,8 @@ void ldom_reboot(const char *boot_command)
 	if (boot_command && strlen(boot_command)) {
 		unsigned long len;
 
-		strcpy(full_boot_str, "boot ");
-		strlcpy(full_boot_str + strlen("boot "), boot_command,
-			sizeof(full_boot_str));
+		snprintf(full_boot_str, sizeof(full_boot_str), "boot %s",
+			 boot_command);
 		len = strlen(full_boot_str);
 
 		if (reboot_data_supported) {
-- 
1.7.9.5


-- 
Kees Cook
Chrome OS Security
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