linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] psi: Fix OOB write when writing 0 bytes to psi files

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Date:   Tue, 4 Feb 2020 13:55:23 -0500
From:   Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>
To:     Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@...gle.com>
Cc:     mingo@...hat.com, peterz@...radead.org, juri.lelli@...hat.com,
        vincent.guittot@...aro.org, dietmar.eggemann@....com,
        rostedt@...dmis.org, bsegall@...gle.com, mgorman@...e.de,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-team@...roid.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] psi: Fix OOB write when writing 0 bytes to psi files

On Mon, Feb 03, 2020 at 01:22:16PM -0800, Suren Baghdasaryan wrote:
> Issuing write() with count parameter set to 0 on any file under
> /proc/pressure/ will cause an OOB write because of the access to
> buf[buf_size-1] when NUL-termination is performed. Fix this by checking
> for buf_size to be non-zero.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@...gle.com>

Acked-by: Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>

Thanks Suren.