From: Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
To: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@linux.dev>
Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>,
Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>, Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>,
"Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@oracle.com>,
linux-m68k@lists.linux-m68k.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH RESEND] m68k: emu: Replace unbounded sprintf in nfhd_init_one
Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2026 12:16:13 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <202603201211.FB9DC5222C@keescook> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260318001632.2974-3-thorsten.blum@linux.dev>
On Wed, Mar 18, 2026 at 01:16:33AM +0100, Thorsten Blum wrote:
> Replace unbounded sprintf() with the safer snprintf().
>
> Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@linux.dev>
> ---
> arch/m68k/emu/nfblock.c | 3 ++-
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/m68k/emu/nfblock.c b/arch/m68k/emu/nfblock.c
> index 93536cf2a38e..fa6256c5af22 100644
> --- a/arch/m68k/emu/nfblock.c
> +++ b/arch/m68k/emu/nfblock.c
> @@ -132,7 +132,8 @@ static int __init nfhd_init_one(int id, u32 blocks, u32 bsize)
> dev->disk->minors = 16;
> dev->disk->fops = &nfhd_ops;
> dev->disk->private_data = dev;
> - sprintf(dev->disk->disk_name, "nfhd%u", dev_id);
> + snprintf(dev->disk->disk_name, sizeof(dev->disk->disk_name), "nfhd%u",
> + dev_id);
> set_capacity(dev->disk, (sector_t)blocks * (bsize / 512));
> err = add_disk(dev->disk);
> if (err)
This one falls into a "currently impossible" category:
for (i = NFHD_DEV_OFFSET; i < 24; i++) {
if (nfhd_get_capacity(i, 0, &blocks, &bsize))
continue;
nfhd_init_one(i, blocks, bsize);
static int __init nfhd_init_one(int id, u32 blocks, u32 bsize)
{
...
int dev_id = id - NFHD_DEV_OFFSET;
...
sprintf(dev->disk->disk_name, "nfhd%u", dev_id);
I'd almost prefer to see "id" bounds checked prior to the dev_id
calculation (in some unlikely future where "id" isn't
NFHD_DEV_OFFSET-based).
#define DISK_NAME_LEN 32
...
char disk_name[DISK_NAME_LEN]; /* name of major driver */
The largest the %u could get would be 10 digits, so it'll always be in
bounds.
But there's no harm in the change:
Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
--
Kees Cook
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-03-20 19:16 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-18 0:16 [PATCH RESEND] m68k: emu: Replace unbounded sprintf in nfhd_init_one Thorsten Blum
2026-03-20 19:16 ` Kees Cook [this message]
2026-03-30 9:46 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
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