linux-kernel - [PATCH 08/12] usb: yurex: Replace snprintf() with the safer scnprintf() variant

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Message-ID: <20231213164246.1021885-9-lee@kernel.org>
Date:   Wed, 13 Dec 2023 16:42:37 +0000
From:   Lee Jones <lee@...nel.org>
To:     lee@...nel.org, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org,
        Tomoki Sekiyama <tomoki.sekiyama@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH 08/12] usb: yurex: Replace snprintf() with the safer scnprintf() variant

There is a general misunderstanding amongst engineers that {v}snprintf()
returns the length of the data *actually* encoded into the destination
array.  However, as per the C99 standard {v}snprintf() really returns
the length of the data that *would have been* written if there were
enough space for it.  This misunderstanding has led to buffer-overruns
in the past.  It's generally considered safer to use the {v}scnprintf()
variants in their place (or even sprintf() in simple cases).  So let's
do that.

Whilst we're at it, let's define some magic numbers to increase
readability and ease of maintenance.

Link: https://lwn.net/Articles/69419/
Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/105
Cc: Tomoki Sekiyama <tomoki.sekiyama@...il.com>
Signed-off-by: Lee Jones <lee@...nel.org>
---
 drivers/usb/misc/yurex.c | 12 +++++++-----
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/usb/misc/yurex.c b/drivers/usb/misc/yurex.c
index c640f98d20c54..5a13cddace0e6 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/misc/yurex.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/misc/yurex.c
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@
 #define YUREX_BUF_SIZE		8
 #define YUREX_WRITE_TIMEOUT	(HZ*2)
 
+#define MAX_S64_STRLEN 20 /* {-}922337203685477580{7,8} */
+
 /* table of devices that work with this driver */
 static struct usb_device_id yurex_table[] = {
 	{ USB_DEVICE(YUREX_VENDOR_ID, YUREX_PRODUCT_ID) },
@@ -401,7 +403,7 @@ static ssize_t yurex_read(struct file *file, char __user *buffer, size_t count,
 {
 	struct usb_yurex *dev;
 	int len = 0;
-	char in_buffer[20];
+	char in_buffer[MAX_S64_STRLEN];
 	unsigned long flags;
 
 	dev = file->private_data;
@@ -412,14 +414,14 @@ static ssize_t yurex_read(struct file *file, char __user *buffer, size_t count,
 		return -ENODEV;
 	}
 
+	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(dev->bbu > S64_MAX || dev->bbu < S64_MIN))
+		return -EIO;
+
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&dev->lock, flags);
-	len = snprintf(in_buffer, 20, "%lld\n", dev->bbu);
+	scnprintf(in_buffer, MAX_S64_STRLEN, "%lld\n", dev->bbu);
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&dev->lock, flags);
 	mutex_unlock(&dev->io_mutex);
 
-	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(len >= sizeof(in_buffer)))
-		return -EIO;
-
 	return simple_read_from_buffer(buffer, count, ppos, in_buffer, len);
 }
 
-- 
2.43.0.472.g3155946c3a-goog