[PATCH v2] IOMUX: Fix buffer overflow in iomux_replace_device()

Yuichiro Goto goto at k-tech.co.jp
Mon Apr 26 01:23:56 CEST 2021


On Fri, Apr 23, 2021 at 10:09 PM Andy Shevchenko
<andriy.shevchenko at linux.intel.com> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Apr 23, 2021 at 05:08:05PM +0900, Yuichiro Goto wrote:
> > Use of strcat() against an uninitialized buffer would lead
> > to buffer overflow. This patch fixes it.
>
> Thanks for report!
>
> Can you also add a Fixes tag?
>
> > Signed-off-by: Yuichiro Goto <goto at k-tech.co.jp>
> > Cc: Peter Robinson <pbrobinson at gmail.com>
> > Cc: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko at linux.intel.com>
> > Cc: Nicolas Saenz Julienne <nsaenzjulienne at suse.de>
> > ---
> >
> > Changes for v2:
> > - Add "IOMUX" in title
> >
> >  common/iomux.c | 5 ++++-
> >  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/common/iomux.c b/common/iomux.c
> > index b9088aa3b5..27baca6931 100644
> > --- a/common/iomux.c
> > +++ b/common/iomux.c
> > @@ -158,7 +158,10 @@ int iomux_replace_device(const int console, const char *old, const char *new)
> >                       return -ENOMEM;
> >               }
> >
> > -             strcat(tmp, ",");
> > +             if (!arg)
> > +                     strcpy(tmp, ",");
> > +             else
> > +                     strcat(tmp, ",");
> >               strcat(tmp, name);
>
> It would be better to have it like
>
>         if (arg) {
>                 strcat(tmp, ",");
>                 strcat(tmp, name);
>         } else
>                 strcpy(tmp, name);
>
>
> >               arg = tmp;
>
> Peter, does it fix your issue seen on ARMv7?
>
> --
> With Best Regards,
> Andy Shevchenko
>
>

Hi Andy,

Thank you for your review. I submitted the patch v3 based on
you suggestions.

-- 
Kind Regards,
Yuichiro Goto


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