netdev - Re: [PATCH] [net-next,v2] ibmvnic: Feature implementation of Vital Product Data (VPD) for the ibmvnic driver

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Date:   Sat, 04 Nov 2017 22:21:07 +0900 (KST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     desnesn@...ux.vnet.ibm.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org,
        tlfalcon@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, nfont@...ux.vnet.ibm.com,
        jallen@...ux.vnet.ibm.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [net-next,v2] ibmvnic: Feature implementation of Vital
 Product Data (VPD) for the ibmvnic driver

From: Desnes Augusto Nunes do Rosario <desnesn@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Date: Wed,  1 Nov 2017 19:03:32 -0200

> +	substr = strnstr(adapter->vpd->buff, "RM", adapter->vpd->len);
> +	if (!substr) {
> +		dev_info(dev, "No FW level provided by VPD\n");
> +		complete(&adapter->fw_done);
> +		return;
> +	}
> +
> +	/* get length of firmware level ASCII substring */
> +	fw_level_len = *(substr + 2);
> +
> +	/* copy firmware version string from vpd into adapter */
> +	ptr = strncpy((char *)adapter->fw_version,
> +		      substr + 3, fw_level_len);

You have to be more careful here, making sure first that
(substr + 2) < (adapter->vpd->buff + adapter->vpd->len),
and next that (substr + 2 + fw_level_len) is in range
as well.