linux-kernel - [PATCH] audit: Use strscpy instead of memcpy when copying comm

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Message-ID: <20240731075225.617792-1-ruanjinjie@huawei.com>
Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2024 15:52:25 +0800
From: Jinjie Ruan <ruanjinjie@...wei.com>
To: <paul@...l-moore.com>, <eparis@...hat.com>, <audit@...r.kernel.org>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
CC: <ruanjinjie@...wei.com>
Subject: [PATCH] audit: Use strscpy instead of memcpy when copying comm

There may be random garbage beyond a string's null terminator, memcpy might
use the entire comm array. so avoid that possibility by using strscpy
instead of memcpy.

Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/90
Signed-off-by: Jinjie Ruan <ruanjinjie@...wei.com>
---
 kernel/auditsc.c | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/auditsc.c b/kernel/auditsc.c
index 6f0d6fb6523f..e4ef5e57dde9 100644
--- a/kernel/auditsc.c
+++ b/kernel/auditsc.c
@@ -2730,7 +2730,7 @@ void __audit_ptrace(struct task_struct *t)
 	context->target_uid = task_uid(t);
 	context->target_sessionid = audit_get_sessionid(t);
 	security_task_getsecid_obj(t, &context->target_sid);
-	memcpy(context->target_comm, t->comm, TASK_COMM_LEN);
+	strscpy(context->target_comm, t->comm);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -2757,7 +2757,7 @@ int audit_signal_info_syscall(struct task_struct *t)
 		ctx->target_uid = t_uid;
 		ctx->target_sessionid = audit_get_sessionid(t);
 		security_task_getsecid_obj(t, &ctx->target_sid);
-		memcpy(ctx->target_comm, t->comm, TASK_COMM_LEN);
+		strscpy(ctx->target_comm, t->comm);
 		return 0;
 	}
 
@@ -2778,7 +2778,7 @@ int audit_signal_info_syscall(struct task_struct *t)
 	axp->target_uid[axp->pid_count] = t_uid;
 	axp->target_sessionid[axp->pid_count] = audit_get_sessionid(t);
 	security_task_getsecid_obj(t, &axp->target_sid[axp->pid_count]);
-	memcpy(axp->target_comm[axp->pid_count], t->comm, TASK_COMM_LEN);
+	strscpy(axp->target_comm[axp->pid_count], t->comm);
 	axp->pid_count++;
 
 	return 0;
-- 
2.34.1