[PATCH] VFS: Prevent core dump with core_pattern set to empty string

[PATCH] VFS: Prevent core dump with core_pattern set to empty string

[Daniel Nilsson]

If the core_pattern (proc/sys/core_pattern) is set to an empty string
a core dump is still made but to a file with a filename set by an
uninitialized buffer in format_corename(). This patch fixes the use of the
uninitialized buffer and also aborts the core dump with a warning message
when core_pattern is set to an empty string.

Tested and developed against 3.11-rc2

Signed-off-by: Daniel Nilsson <daniel@dnil.se>
---
 fs/coredump.c |   12 ++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/fs/coredump.c b/fs/coredump.c
index 72f816d..5035402 100644
--- a/fs/coredump.c
+++ b/fs/coredump.c
@@ -170,6 +170,11 @@ static int format_corename(struct core_name *cn, struct coredump_params *cprm)
 	if (ispipe)
 		++pat_ptr;
 
+	if (*pat_ptr == '\0') {
+		err = cn_printf(cn, "");
+		goto out;
+	}
+
 	/* Repeat as long as we have more pattern to process and more output
 	   space */
 	while (*pat_ptr) {
@@ -617,6 +622,13 @@ void do_coredump(siginfo_t *siginfo)
 			goto fail_unlock;
 		}
 
+		if (cn.corename[0] == '\0') {
+			printk(KERN_WARNING
+			       "core_pattern contains an empty string!\n");
+			printk(KERN_WARNING "Skipping core dump\n");
+			goto fail_unlock;
+		}
+
 		cprm.file = filp_open(cn.corename,
 				 O_CREAT | 2 | O_NOFOLLOW | O_LARGEFILE | flag,
 				 0600);
-- 
1.7.9.5