linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] thunderbolt: property: fix a buffer overflow and a missing check

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Date:   Wed, 27 Mar 2019 20:15:39 +0530
From:   Mukesh Ojha <mojha@...eaurora.org>
To:     Kangjie Lu <kjlu@....edu>
Cc:     pakki001@....edu, Andreas Noever <andreas.noever@...il.com>,
        Michael Jamet <michael.jamet@...el.com>,
        Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@...ux.intel.com>,
        Yehezkel Bernat <YehezkelShB@...il.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] thunderbolt: property: fix a buffer overflow and a
 missing check


On 3/25/2019 4:19 AM, Kangjie Lu wrote:
> First, no memory is allocated for "property->value.text"; the
> following strcpy will lead to a buffer overflow.

Fix the commit text as there is no  overflow.

only the check and resource cleanp is the fix.

>
> Second, no check is enforced for the return value of kzalloc,
> which may lead to NULL-pointer dereference.
>
> The patch fixes the two issues.
>
> Signed-off-by: Kangjie Lu <kjlu@....edu
Otherwise looks good.

Reviewed-by: Mukesh Ojha <mojha@...eaurora.org>

-Mukesh

> ---
>   drivers/thunderbolt/property.c | 7 ++++++-
>   1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/thunderbolt/property.c b/drivers/thunderbolt/property.c
> index 841314deb446..d5b0cdb8f0b1 100644
> --- a/drivers/thunderbolt/property.c
> +++ b/drivers/thunderbolt/property.c
> @@ -587,7 +587,12 @@ int tb_property_add_text(struct tb_property_dir *parent, const char *key,
>   		return -ENOMEM;
>   
>   	property->length = size / 4;
> -	property->value.data = kzalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
> +	property->value.text = kzalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
> +	if (!property->value.text) {
> +		kfree(property);
> +		return -ENOMEM;
> +	}
> +
>   	strcpy(property->value.text, text);
>   
>   	list_add_tail(&property->list, &parent->properties);