From: David Laight <david.laight.linux@gmail.com>
To: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>, Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>,
David Laight <david.laight.linux@gmail.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org,
bpf@vger.kernel.org, Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@gmail.com>,
Lorenzo Stoakes <ljs@kernel.org>
Cc: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org>,
Andrey Grodzovsky <andrey.grodzovsky@crowdstrike.com>,
Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>,
Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>,
Samuel Wu <wusamuel@google.com>,
linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v3 next 01/13] scripts/kallsyms: Avoid overrunning on-stack buffer
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2026 11:58:59 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261111115911.1142000-2-david.laight.linux@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261111115911.1142000-1-david.laight.linux@gmail.com>
A maximum length symbol can be KSYM_NAME_LEN long (including the '\0').
But the name being compressed contains a leading symbol type (e.g. T).
So when the compressed name is expanded (after the hex is written out)
the buffer needs to be KSYM_NAME_LEN+1 bytes long to allow to both the
symbol type and the '\0'.
But it is declared 'char buf[KSYM_NAME_LEN] so a maximal length name
overwrites something on stack.
Found by code inspection, seems to have been broken before the code
was imported into git.
I expect there aren't any maximal length symbols and/or the byte that
is overwritten is something that is either zero or 'don't care'.
Signed-off-by: David Laight <david.laight.linux@gmail.com>
---
Unchanged from v2.
scripts/kallsyms.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/scripts/kallsyms.c b/scripts/kallsyms.c
index ecb444078c1c..140e888bf713 100644
--- a/scripts/kallsyms.c
+++ b/scripts/kallsyms.c
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ static void write_src(FILE *out_bin_file, const char *out_bin_name)
unsigned int best_idx[256];
unsigned int *markers, markers_cnt;
long bin_start;
- char buf[KSYM_NAME_LEN];
+ char buf[1 + KSYM_NAME_LEN];
printf("\t.section .rodata, \"a\"\n");
--
2.39.5
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-11-11 11:59 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-11-11 11:58 [PATCH v3 next 00/13] kallsyms: optimise symbol search by name David Laight
2026-11-11 11:58 ` David Laight [this message]
2026-11-11 11:59 ` [PATCH v3 next 02/13] scripts/kallsyms: Improve error reporting David Laight
2026-11-11 12:14 ` sashiko-bot
2026-11-11 23:33 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-11-11 11:59 ` [PATCH v3 next 03/13] scripts/elf-parse: add elf_map_big_endian() helper David Laight
2026-11-11 11:59 ` [PATCH v3 next 04/13] scripts/kallsyms: make use of binary data output optional David Laight
2026-11-11 12:32 ` sashiko-bot
2026-11-11 23:34 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-11-11 11:59 ` [PATCH v3 next 05/13] kallsyms: Fix selftest startup delay David Laight
2026-11-11 12:36 ` sashiko-bot
2026-11-11 11:59 ` [PATCH v3 next 06/13] kallsyms: Improve selftest test_perf_kallsyms_lookup_name() output David Laight
2026-11-11 23:17 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-11-11 11:59 ` [PATCH v3 next 07/13] kallsyms: Match compressed tokens on the fly during binary search David Laight
2026-11-11 12:46 ` sashiko-bot
2026-11-11 11:59 ` [PATCH v3 next 08/13] kallsyms: Optimise symbol name search David Laight
2026-11-11 12:59 ` sashiko-bot
2026-11-11 11:59 ` [PATCH v3 next 09/13] kallsyms: Add a kernel parameter to change the kallsyms_markers[] density David Laight
2026-11-11 13:07 ` sashiko-bot
2026-11-11 23:33 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-11-11 11:59 ` [PATCH v3 next 10/13] scripts/kallsyms: Keep full expansion of tokens David Laight
2026-11-11 11:59 ` [PATCH v3 next 11/13] scripts/kallsyms: Optimise compress_symbols() David Laight
2026-11-11 11:59 ` [PATCH v3 next 12/13] scripts/kallsyms: Reuse tokens that have no references David Laight
2026-11-11 23:34 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-11-11 11:59 ` [PATCH v3 next 13/13] scripts/kallsyms: Reuse little-used compression tokens David Laight
2026-11-11 13:37 ` sashiko-bot
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