linux-kernel - [PATCH v4 1/6] iio: backend: fix out-of-bound write

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Message-Id: <20250508130612.82270-2-markus.burri@mt.com>
Date: Thu,  8 May 2025 15:06:07 +0200
From: Markus Burri <markus.burri@...com>
To: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Markus Burri <markus.burri@...com>,
	Mahesh J Salgaonkar <mahesh@...ux.ibm.com>,
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	Markus Burri <markus.burri@....ch>
Subject: [PATCH v4 1/6] iio: backend: fix out-of-bound write

The buffer is set to 80 character. If a caller write more characters,
count is truncated to the max available space in "simple_write_to_buffer".
But afterwards a string terminator is written to the buffer at offset count
without boundary check. The zero termination is written OUT-OF-BOUND.

Add a check that the given buffer is smaller then the buffer to prevent.

Fixes: 035b4989211d ("iio: backend: make sure to NULL terminate stack buffer")
Signed-off-by: Markus Burri <markus.burri@...com>
---
 drivers/iio/industrialio-backend.c | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/iio/industrialio-backend.c b/drivers/iio/industrialio-backend.c
index a43c8d1bb3d0..31fe793e345e 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/industrialio-backend.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/industrialio-backend.c
@@ -155,11 +155,14 @@ static ssize_t iio_backend_debugfs_write_reg(struct file *file,
 	ssize_t rc;
 	int ret;
 
+	if (count >= sizeof(buf))
+		return -ENOSPC;
+
 	rc = simple_write_to_buffer(buf, sizeof(buf) - 1, ppos, userbuf, count);
 	if (rc < 0)
 		return rc;
 
-	buf[count] = '\0';
+	buf[rc] = '\0';
 
 	ret = sscanf(buf, "%i %i", &back->cached_reg_addr, &val);
 
-- 
2.39.5