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From: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@linux.dev>
To: John Johansen <john.johansen@canonical.com>,
	Paul Moore <paul@paul-moore.com>,
	James Morris <jmorris@namei.org>,
	"Serge E. Hallyn" <serge@hallyn.com>
Cc: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@linux.dev>,
	apparmor@lists.ubuntu.com, linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] apparmor: replace sprintf with snprintf in aa_new_learning_profile
Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2025 11:37:18 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20251022093718.206271-2-thorsten.blum@linux.dev> (raw)

Replace unbounded sprintf() calls with snprintf() to prevent potential
buffer overflows in aa_new_learning_profile(). While the current code
works correctly, snprintf() is safer and follows secure coding best
practices.  No functional changes.

Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@linux.dev>
---
 security/apparmor/policy.c | 15 +++++++++------
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/security/apparmor/policy.c b/security/apparmor/policy.c
index 50d5345ff5cb..b09323867fea 100644
--- a/security/apparmor/policy.c
+++ b/security/apparmor/policy.c
@@ -697,24 +697,27 @@ struct aa_profile *aa_new_learning_profile(struct aa_profile *parent, bool hat,
 	struct aa_profile *p, *profile;
 	const char *bname;
 	char *name = NULL;
+	size_t name_sz;
 
 	AA_BUG(!parent);
 
 	if (base) {
-		name = kmalloc(strlen(parent->base.hname) + 8 + strlen(base),
-			       gfp);
+		name_sz = strlen(parent->base.hname) + 8 + strlen(base);
+		name = kmalloc(name_sz, gfp);
 		if (name) {
-			sprintf(name, "%s//null-%s", parent->base.hname, base);
+			snprintf(name, name_sz, "%s//null-%s",
+				 parent->base.hname, base);
 			goto name;
 		}
 		/* fall through to try shorter uniq */
 	}
 
-	name = kmalloc(strlen(parent->base.hname) + 2 + 7 + 8, gfp);
+	name_sz = strlen(parent->base.hname) + 2 + 7 + 8;
+	name = kmalloc(name_sz, gfp);
 	if (!name)
 		return NULL;
-	sprintf(name, "%s//null-%x", parent->base.hname,
-		atomic_inc_return(&parent->ns->uniq_null));
+	snprintf(name, name_sz, "%s//null-%x", parent->base.hname,
+		 atomic_inc_return(&parent->ns->uniq_null));
 
 name:
 	/* lookup to see if this is a dup creation */
-- 
2.51.0


                 reply	other threads:[~2025-10-22  9:38 UTC|newest]

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