linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] kconfig: qconf: fix buffer overflow in debug links

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Message-ID: <CAK7LNARc1OTiQXPhu=YoFHO7y8+70LSoDiNK8dSGvTfiZhea+Q@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2024 18:06:15 +0900
From: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>
To: linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 
	Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kconfig: qconf: fix buffer overflow in debug links

On Tue, Oct 1, 2024 at 6:02 PM Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> If you enable the "Option -> Show Debug Info" and click a click, the


I meant "click a link"




> program terminates with the following error:
>
>     *** buffer overflow detected ***: terminated
>
> The buffer overflow is caused by the following line:
>
>     strcat(data, "$");
>
> The buffer needs one more byte to accommodate the additional character.
>
> Fixes: c4f7398bee9c ("kconfig: qconf: make debug links work again")
> Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>
> ---
>
>  scripts/kconfig/qconf.cc | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/qconf.cc b/scripts/kconfig/qconf.cc
> index 7dba8014ead4..e260cab1c2af 100644
> --- a/scripts/kconfig/qconf.cc
> +++ b/scripts/kconfig/qconf.cc
> @@ -1166,7 +1166,7 @@ void ConfigInfoView::clicked(const QUrl &url)
>  {
>         QByteArray str = url.toEncoded();
>         const std::size_t count = str.size();
> -       char *data = new char[count + 1];
> +       char *data = new char[count + 2];  // '$' + '\0'
>         struct symbol **result;
>         struct menu *m = NULL;
>
> --
> 2.43.0
>


-- 
Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada