linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] of/device: Prevent buffer overflow in of_device

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Date:   Thu, 24 Aug 2017 11:24:51 -0500
From:   Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>
To:     Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@...aro.org>
Cc:     Frank Rowand <frowand.list@...il.com>,
        "devicetree@...r.kernel.org" <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        stable <stable@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] of/device: Prevent buffer overflow in of_device_modalias()

On Wed, Aug 23, 2017 at 8:04 PM, Bjorn Andersson
<bjorn.andersson@...aro.org> wrote:
> As of_device_get_modalias() returns the number of bytes that would have
> been written to the target string, regardless of how much did fit in the
> buffer, it's possible that the returned index points beyond the buffer
> passed to of_device_modalias() - causing memory beyond the buffer to be
> null terminated.

I guess ibmebus and macio had this bug for some time because I just
copied those implementations.

Applying both patches. Thanks.

Rob