linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/1 v2] drivers/usb/chipidea/debuc.c: avoid out of bound read

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Message-Id: <1430242247-16620-1-git-send-email-xypron.glpk@gmx.de>
Date:	Tue, 28 Apr 2015 19:30:47 +0200
From:	Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@....de>
To:	Peter Chen <Peter.Chen@...escale.com>
Cc:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	linux-usb@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@....de>
Subject: [PATCH 1/1 v2] drivers/usb/chipidea/debuc.c: avoid out of bound read

A string written by the user may not be zero terminated.

sscanf may read memory beyond the buffer if no zero byte
is found.

For testing build with CONFIG_USB_CHIPIDEA=y, CONFIG_USB_CHIPIDEA_DEBUG=y.

Version 2:
  Use '\0' for char constant.

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@....de>
---
 drivers/usb/chipidea/debug.c | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/usb/chipidea/debug.c b/drivers/usb/chipidea/debug.c
index dfb05ed..ef08af3 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/chipidea/debug.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/chipidea/debug.c
@@ -88,9 +88,13 @@ static ssize_t ci_port_test_write(struct file *file, const char __user *ubuf,
 	char buf[32];
 	int ret;
 
-	if (copy_from_user(buf, ubuf, min_t(size_t, sizeof(buf) - 1, count)))
+	count = min_t(size_t, sizeof(buf) - 1, count);
+	if (copy_from_user(buf, ubuf, count))
 		return -EFAULT;
 
+	/* sscanf requires a zero terminated string */
+	buf[count] = '\0';
+
 	if (sscanf(buf, "%u", &mode) != 1)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-- 
2.1.4

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