linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4] tools/x86: Add a kcpuid tool to show raw CPU features

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Message-ID: <20210119091116.GA27433@zn.tnic>
Date:   Tue, 19 Jan 2021 10:11:16 +0100
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:     Feng Tang <feng.tang@...el.com>
Cc:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        "H . Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>, x86@...nel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, nivedita@...m.mit.edu,
        thomas.lendacky@....com, yazen.ghannam@....com, wei.huang2@....com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] tools/x86: Add a kcpuid tool to show raw CPU features

On Tue, Jan 19, 2021 at 01:19:42PM +0800, Feng Tang wrote:
> Sorry, after testing on more platforms, the following is needed to fix
> a potential array overflow ((a full patch with fix is also attached)
> 
> diff --git a/tools/arch/x86/kcpuid/kcpuid.c b/tools/arch/x86/kcpuid/kcpuid.c
> index 3ea607b..bf68335 100644
> --- a/tools/arch/x86/kcpuid/kcpuid.c
> +++ b/tools/arch/x86/kcpuid/kcpuid.c
> @@ -329,7 +329,8 @@ static int parse_line(char *line)
>  		range = leafs_basic;
>  
>  	index &= 0x7FFFFFFF;
> -	if ((int)index > range->nr)
> +	/* range->nr equals to max index plus 1 */
> +	if ((int)index >= range->nr)

That comment is basically repeating the code. What it should do is
explain *why* that test is being done or not be there at all.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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