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From: Chris Wright <chrisw@osdl.org>
To: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@goop.org>
Cc: linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Subject: Re: Buffer overrun in arch/x86_64/sys_ia32.c:sys32_ni_syscall()
Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 10:31:50 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20041130103150.I14339@build.pdx.osdl.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1101787520.4087.5.camel@localhost>; from jeremy@goop.org on Mon, Nov 29, 2004 at 08:05:20PM -0800

* Jeremy Fitzhardinge (jeremy@goop.org) wrote:
> struct task_struct.comm is defined to be 16 chars, but
> arch/x86_64/sys_ia32.c:sys32_ni_syscall() copies it into a static 8 byte
> buffer, which will surely cause problems.  This patch makes lastcomm[]
> the right size, and makes sure it can't be overrun.  Since the code also
> goes to the effort of getting a local copy of current in "me", we may as
> well use it for printing the message.

Looks good, but you missed sys32_vm86_warning.

Signed-off-by: Chris Wright <chrisw@osdl.org>

===== arch/x86_64/ia32/sys_ia32.c 1.74 vs edited =====
--- 1.74/arch/x86_64/ia32/sys_ia32.c	2004-11-02 06:40:37 -08:00
+++ edited/arch/x86_64/ia32/sys_ia32.c	2004-11-30 09:42:26 -08:00
@@ -525,11 +525,12 @@ sys32_waitpid(compat_pid_t pid, unsigned
 int sys32_ni_syscall(int call)
 { 
 	struct task_struct *me = current;
-	static char lastcomm[8];
-	if (strcmp(lastcomm, me->comm)) {
-	printk(KERN_INFO "IA32 syscall %d from %s not implemented\n", call,
-	       current->comm);
-		strcpy(lastcomm, me->comm); 
+	static char lastcomm[sizeof(me->comm)];
+
+	if (strncmp(lastcomm, me->comm, sizeof(lastcomm))) {
+		printk(KERN_INFO "IA32 syscall %d from %s not implemented\n",
+		       call, me->comm);
+		strncpy(lastcomm, me->comm, sizeof(lastcomm));
 	} 
 	return -ENOSYS;	       
 } 
@@ -1125,11 +1126,11 @@ long sys32_fadvise64_64(int fd, __u32 of
 long sys32_vm86_warning(void)
 { 
 	struct task_struct *me = current;
-	static char lastcomm[8];
-	if (strcmp(lastcomm, me->comm)) {
+	static char lastcomm[sizeof(me->comm)];
+	if (strncmp(lastcomm, me->comm, sizeof(lastcomm))) {
 		printk(KERN_INFO "%s: vm86 mode not supported on 64 bit kernel\n",
 		       me->comm);
-		strcpy(lastcomm, me->comm); 
+		strncpy(lastcomm, me->comm, sizeof(lastcomm)); 
 	} 
 	return -ENOSYS;
 } 

  reply	other threads:[~2004-11-30 18:33 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-11-30  4:05 Buffer overrun in arch/x86_64/sys_ia32.c:sys32_ni_syscall() Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2004-11-30 18:31 ` Chris Wright [this message]
2004-11-30 20:46   ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2004-11-30 22:17     ` Chris Wright

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