linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 1/3] rtla: fix buffer overflow in actions

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Message-ID: <358400afe299a82806e9969570cd3009621bcd8c.1755018581.git.ipravdin.official@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2025 13:21:07 -0400
From: Ivan Pravdin <ipravdin.official@...il.com>
To: rostedt@...dmis.org,
	corbet@....net,
	tglozar@...hat.com,
	linux-trace-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Ivan Pravdin <ipravdin.official@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 1/3] rtla: fix buffer overflow in actions_parse

Currently, tests 3 and 13-22 in tests/timerlat.t fail with error:

    *** buffer overflow detected ***: terminated
    timeout: the monitored command dumped core

The result of running `sudo make check` is

    tests/timerlat.t (Wstat: 0 Tests: 22 Failed: 11)
      Failed tests:  3, 13-22
    Files=3, Tests=34, 140 wallclock secs ( 0.07 usr  0.01 sys + 27.63 cusr
    27.96 csys = 55.67 CPU)
    Result: FAIL

Fix buffer overflow in actions_parse to avoid this error. After this
change, the tests results are

    tests/hwnoise.t ... ok
    tests/osnoise.t ... ok
    tests/timerlat.t .. ok
    All tests successful.
    Files=3, Tests=34, 186 wallclock secs ( 0.06 usr  0.01 sys + 41.10 cusr
    44.38 csys = 85.55 CPU)
    Result: PASS

Fixes: 6ea082b171e0 ("rtla/timerlat: Add action on threshold feature")
Signed-off-by: Ivan Pravdin <ipravdin.official@...il.com>
---
 tools/tracing/rtla/src/actions.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/tracing/rtla/src/actions.c b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/actions.c
index aaf0808125d7..eab51c0c0ce2 100644
--- a/tools/tracing/rtla/src/actions.c
+++ b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/actions.c
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ actions_parse(struct actions *self, const char *trigger)
 {
 	enum action_type type = ACTION_NONE;
 	char *token;
-	char trigger_c[strlen(trigger)];
+	char trigger_c[strlen(trigger) + 1];
 
 	/* For ACTION_SIGNAL */
 	int signal = 0, pid = 0;
-- 
2.48.1