linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4] HID:hid-sensor-custom: Fix buffer overrun in device name

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Message-ID: <nycvar.YFH.7.76.2303241409580.1142@cbobk.fhfr.pm>
Date:   Fri, 24 Mar 2023 14:10:13 +0100 (CET)
From:   Jiri Kosina <jikos@...nel.org>
To:     Todd Brandt <todd.e.brandt@...el.com>
cc:     linux-input@...r.kernel.org, linux-iio@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, todd.e.brandt@...ux.intel.com,
        srinivas.pandruvada@...ux.intel.com, jic23@...nel.org,
        p.jungkamp@....net, stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] HID:hid-sensor-custom: Fix buffer overrun in device
 name

On Tue, 14 Mar 2023, Todd Brandt wrote:

> On some platforms there are some platform devices created with
> invalid names. For example: "HID-SENSOR-INT-020b?.39.auto" instead
> of "HID-SENSOR-INT-020b.39.auto"
> 
> This string include some invalid characters, hence it will fail to
> properly load the driver which will handle this custom sensor. Also
> it is a problem for some user space tools, which parses the device
> names from ftrace and dmesg.
> 
> This is because the string, real_usage, is not NULL terminated and
> printed with %s to form device name.
> 
> To address this, initialize the real_usage string with 0s.
> 
> Reported-and-tested-by: Todd Brandt <todd.e.brandt@...ux.intel.com>
> Link: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=217169
> Fixes: 98c062e82451 ("HID: hid-sensor-custom: Allow more custom iio sensors")
> Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
> Suggested-by: Philipp Jungkamp <p.jungkamp@....net>
> Signed-off-by: Philipp Jungkamp <p.jungkamp@....net>
> Signed-off-by: Todd Brandt <todd.e.brandt@...el.com>
> Reviewed-by: Andi Shyti <andi.shyti@...nel.org>
> Reviewed-by: Jonathan Cameron <Jonathan.Cameron@...wei.com>
> ---
> Changes in v4:
> - add the Fixes line
> - add patch version change list
> Changes in v3:
> - update the changelog
> - add proper reviewed/signed/suggested links
> Changes in v2:
> - update the changelog

Applied to for-6.3/upstream-fixes, thanks.

-- 
Jiri Kosina
SUSE Labs