linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/3] tracing: make sure the parsed string always terminates with '\0'

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Date:   Tue, 9 Jan 2018 18:02:58 -0500
From:   Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:     changbin.du@...el.com
Cc:     jolsa@...hat.com, peterz@...radead.org, mingo@...hat.com,
        alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-perf-users@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] tracing: make sure the parsed string always
 terminates with '\0'

On Tue,  9 Jan 2018 17:55:47 +0800
changbin.du@...el.com wrote:

> From: Changbin Du <changbin.du@...el.com>
> 
> The parser parse every string into parser.buffer. And some of the callers
> assume that parser.buffer contains a C string. So it is dangerous that the
> parser returns a unterminated string. The userspace can leverage this to
> attack the kernel.

Is this only a bug if we apply your first patch?

-- Steve