From: Kaushlendra Kumar <kaushlendra.kumar@intel.com>
To: akpm@linux-foundation.org
Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org, Kaushlendra Kumar <kaushlendra.kumar@intel.com>
Subject: [PATCH] tools/mm/slabinfo.c: fix access to null terminator in string
Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2025 14:17:38 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250829084738.1349383-1-kaushlendra.kumar@intel.com> (raw)
The current code incorrectly accesses buffer[strlen(buffer)],
which points to the null terminator ('\0') at the end of the
string. This is technically out-of-bounds access since valid
string content ends at index strlen(buffer)-1.
Fix by:
1. Storing strlen() result to avoid redundant calls
2. Adding bounds check (len > 0) to handle empty strings
3. Using buffer[len-1] to correctly access the last character
before the null terminator
Signed-off-by: Kaushlendra Kumar <kaushlendra.kumar@intel.com>
---
tools/mm/slabinfo.c | 6 ++++--
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/mm/slabinfo.c b/tools/mm/slabinfo.c
index 1433eff99feb..ac0cc6c1c87e 100644
--- a/tools/mm/slabinfo.c
+++ b/tools/mm/slabinfo.c
@@ -165,8 +165,10 @@ static unsigned long read_obj(const char *name)
if (!fgets(buffer, sizeof(buffer), f))
buffer[0] = 0;
fclose(f);
- if (buffer[strlen(buffer)] == '\n')
- buffer[strlen(buffer)] = 0;
+ size_t len = strlen(buffer);
+
+ if (len > 0 && buffer[len - 1] == '\n')
+ buffer[len - 1] = 0;
}
return strlen(buffer);
}
--
2.34.1
next reply other threads:[~2025-08-29 8:49 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-08-29 8:47 Kaushlendra Kumar [this message]
2025-08-29 19:21 ` [PATCH] tools/mm/slabinfo.c: fix access to null terminator in string SeongJae Park
2025-08-30 17:34 ` Kumar, Kaushlendra
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