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From: "Masami Hiramatsu (Google)" <mhiramat@kernel.org>
To: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>,
	Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Rasmus Villemoes <linux@rasmusvillemoes.dk>,
	Sergey Senozhatsky <senozhatsky@chromium.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	David Laight <david.laight.linux@gmail.com>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v3 2/2] lib/vsprintf: Limit the returning size to INT_MAX
Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2026 23:41:21 +0900	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <177410408170.38798.4383977339045208453.stgit@devnote2> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <177410406326.38798.16853803119128725972.stgit@devnote2>

From: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org>

The return value of vsnprintf() can overflow INT_MAX and return
a minus value. In the @size is checked input overflow, but it does
not check the output, which is expected required size.

This should never happen but it should be checked and limited.

Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org>
---
 Changes in v3:
  - Use local variable for better readability.
---
 lib/vsprintf.c |    7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/vsprintf.c b/lib/vsprintf.c
index ce9cbe071ab2..396021a50355 100644
--- a/lib/vsprintf.c
+++ b/lib/vsprintf.c
@@ -2866,6 +2866,7 @@ static unsigned long long convert_num_spec(unsigned int val, int size, struct pr
 int vsnprintf(char *buf, size_t size, const char *fmt_str, va_list args)
 {
 	char *str, *end;
+	size_t ret_size;
 	struct printf_spec spec = {0};
 	struct fmt fmt = {
 		.str = fmt_str,
@@ -2985,8 +2986,12 @@ int vsnprintf(char *buf, size_t size, const char *fmt_str, va_list args)
 	}
 
 	/* the trailing null byte doesn't count towards the total */
-	return str-buf;
+	ret_size = str - buf;
 
+	/* Make sure the return value is within the positive integer range */
+	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(ret_size > INT_MAX))
+		ret_size = INT_MAX;
+	return ret_size;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(vsnprintf);
 


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-03-21 14:41 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-03-21 14:41 [PATCH v3 0/2] lib/vsprintf: Fixes size check Masami Hiramatsu (Google)
2026-03-21 14:41 ` [PATCH v3 1/2] lib/vsprintf: Fix to check field_width and precision Masami Hiramatsu (Google)
2026-03-23 13:27   ` Andy Shevchenko
2026-03-23 13:59     ` David Laight
2026-03-24 16:45       ` Petr Mladek
2026-03-24 17:24         ` David Laight
2026-03-25  0:33           ` Masami Hiramatsu
2026-03-25  1:17             ` Masami Hiramatsu
2026-03-25  9:14               ` David Laight
2026-03-25  0:26     ` Masami Hiramatsu
2026-03-21 14:41 ` Masami Hiramatsu (Google) [this message]
2026-03-24 16:50   ` [PATCH v3 2/2] lib/vsprintf: Limit the returning size to INT_MAX Petr Mladek

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