Re: [PATCH 1/5] usb: mtu3: fix coverity of string buffer

[Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Fri, Jul 08, 2022 at 03:18:59PM +0800, Chunfeng Yun wrote:
> Use snprintf instead of sprintf which could cause buffer overflow.

How can it cause an overflow?

> 
> Signed-off-by: Chunfeng Yun <chunfeng.yun@mediatek.com>
> ---
>  drivers/usb/mtu3/mtu3.h         | 4 +++-
>  drivers/usb/mtu3/mtu3_debugfs.c | 2 +-
>  drivers/usb/mtu3/mtu3_gadget.c  | 4 ++--
>  3 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/usb/mtu3/mtu3.h b/drivers/usb/mtu3/mtu3.h
> index 8408e1b1a24a..9893dd1bafbb 100644
> --- a/drivers/usb/mtu3/mtu3.h
> +++ b/drivers/usb/mtu3/mtu3.h
> @@ -92,6 +92,8 @@ struct mtu3_request;
>  
>  #define BULK_CLKS_CNT	4
>  
> +#define MTU3_EP_NAME_LEN	12
> +
>  /* device operated link and speed got from DEVICE_CONF register */
>  enum mtu3_speed {
>  	MTU3_SPEED_INACTIVE = 0,
> @@ -272,7 +274,7 @@ struct ssusb_mtk {
>   */
>  struct mtu3_ep {
>  	struct usb_ep ep;
> -	char name[12];
> +	char name[MTU3_EP_NAME_LEN];
>  	struct mtu3 *mtu;
>  	u8 epnum;
>  	u8 type;
> diff --git a/drivers/usb/mtu3/mtu3_debugfs.c b/drivers/usb/mtu3/mtu3_debugfs.c
> index d27de647c86a..a6f72494b819 100644
> --- a/drivers/usb/mtu3/mtu3_debugfs.c
> +++ b/drivers/usb/mtu3/mtu3_debugfs.c
> @@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ static void mtu3_debugfs_regset(struct mtu3 *mtu, void __iomem *base,
>  	if (!mregs)
>  		return;
>  
> -	sprintf(mregs->name, "%s", name);
> +	snprintf(mregs->name, MTU3_DEBUGFS_NAME_LEN, "%s", name);

Where does name come from?  It looks like you control this string, so
there is no overflow anywhere.

>  	regset = &mregs->regset;
>  	regset->regs = regs;
>  	regset->nregs = nregs;
> diff --git a/drivers/usb/mtu3/mtu3_gadget.c b/drivers/usb/mtu3/mtu3_gadget.c
> index 30999b4debb8..a751e0533c2d 100644
> --- a/drivers/usb/mtu3/mtu3_gadget.c
> +++ b/drivers/usb/mtu3/mtu3_gadget.c
> @@ -635,8 +635,8 @@ static void init_hw_ep(struct mtu3 *mtu, struct mtu3_ep *mep,
>  
>  	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&mep->req_list);
>  
> -	sprintf(mep->name, "ep%d%s", epnum,
> -		!epnum ? "" : (is_in ? "in" : "out"));
> +	snprintf(mep->name, MTU3_EP_NAME_LEN, "ep%d%s", epnum,
> +		 !epnum ? "" : (is_in ? "in" : "out"));

Same here, you already control this string size, so where is the issue?

thanks,

greg k-h