From: "unknownbbqrx" <dev@unknownbbqr.xyz>
To: <rostedt@goodmis.org>,<gmonaco@redhat.com>
Cc: <linux-trace-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
<linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
"unknownbbqrx" <dev@unknownbbqr.xyz>
Subject: [PATCH] tools/rv: harden monitor name lookup bounds checks
Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2026 17:44:41 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <69972ccf-31ee-4906-9907-0ead76bd60b9@smtp-relay.sendinblue.com> (raw)
Bound monitor-name derived copies in __ikm_find_monitor_name() and avoid unbounded writes from sprintf()/memcpy().
Pass the output buffer size from the caller, validate extracted line length from rv/available_monitors, and use snprintf() with truncation checks when building container monitor names.
Signed-off-by: unknownbbqrx <dev@unknownbbqr.xyz>
---
tools/verification/rv/src/in_kernel.c | 34 +++++++++++++++++++++------
1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/verification/rv/src/in_kernel.c b/tools/verification/rv/src/in_kernel.c
index d32453824..f17eac9b6 100644
--- a/tools/verification/rv/src/in_kernel.c
+++ b/tools/verification/rv/src/in_kernel.c
@@ -56,9 +56,12 @@ static int __ikm_read_enable(char *monitor_name)
* The string out_name is populated with the full name, which can be
* equal to monitor_name or container/monitor_name if nested
*/
-static int __ikm_find_monitor_name(char *monitor_name, char *out_name)
+static int __ikm_find_monitor_name(char *monitor_name, char *out_name,
+ size_t out_name_size)
{
- char *available_monitors, container[MAX_DA_NAME_LEN+1], *cursor, *end;
+ char *available_monitors, container[MAX_DA_NAME_LEN + 2], *cursor, *end;
+ size_t len;
+ int n;
int retval = 1;
available_monitors = tracefs_instance_file_read(NULL, "rv/available_monitors", NULL);
@@ -72,17 +75,34 @@ static int __ikm_find_monitor_name(char *monitor_name, char *out_name)
}
for (; cursor > available_monitors; cursor--)
- if (*(cursor-1) == '\n')
+ if (*(cursor - 1) == '\n')
break;
+
end = strstr(cursor, "\n");
- memcpy(out_name, cursor, end-cursor);
- out_name[end-cursor] = '\0';
+ if (!end) {
+ retval = -1;
+ goto out_free;
+ }
+
+ len = end - cursor;
+ if (len >= out_name_size) {
+ retval = -1;
+ goto out_free;
+ }
+
+ memcpy(out_name, cursor, len);
+ out_name[len] = '\0';
cursor = strstr(out_name, ":");
if (cursor)
*cursor = '/';
else {
- sprintf(container, "%s:", monitor_name);
+ n = snprintf(container, sizeof(container), "%s:", monitor_name);
+ if (n < 0 || (size_t)n >= sizeof(container)) {
+ retval = -1;
+ goto out_free;
+ }
+
if (strstr(available_monitors, container))
config_is_container = 1;
}
@@ -782,7 +802,7 @@ int ikm_run_monitor(char *monitor_name, int argc, char **argv)
else
nested_name = monitor_name;
- retval = __ikm_find_monitor_name(monitor_name, full_name);
+ retval = __ikm_find_monitor_name(monitor_name, full_name, sizeof(full_name));
if (!retval)
return 0;
if (retval < 0) {
base-commit: 2e68039281932e6dc37718a1ea7cbb8e2cda42e6
prerequisite-patch-id: b61dd51dee390277603975bf729a687113185c3a
--
2.53.0
next reply other threads:[~2026-04-23 14:44 UTC|newest]
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2026-04-23 14:44 unknownbbqrx [this message]
2026-04-27 9:38 ` [PATCH] tools/rv: harden monitor name lookup bounds checks Gabriele Monaco
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