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From: David Carlier <devnexen@gmail.com>
To: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>, David Vernet <void@manifault.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, David Carlier <devnexen@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH] tools/sched_ext: fix strtoul() misuse in scx_hotplug_seq()
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2026 18:43:09 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260227184309.13183-1-devnexen@gmail.com> (raw)

scx_hotplug_seq() uses strtoul() but validates the result with a
negative check (val < 0), which can never be true for an unsigned
return value.

Use the endptr mechanism to verify the entire string was consumed,
and check errno == ERANGE for overflow detection.

Signed-off-by: David Carlier <devnexen@gmail.com>
---
 tools/sched_ext/include/scx/compat.h | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/sched_ext/include/scx/compat.h b/tools/sched_ext/include/scx/compat.h
index 8b4897fc8b99..edccc99c7294 100644
--- a/tools/sched_ext/include/scx/compat.h
+++ b/tools/sched_ext/include/scx/compat.h
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ static inline long scx_hotplug_seq(void)
 {
 	int fd;
 	char buf[32];
+	char *endptr;
 	ssize_t len;
 	long val;
 
@@ -137,8 +138,10 @@ static inline long scx_hotplug_seq(void)
 	buf[len] = 0;
 	close(fd);
 
-	val = strtoul(buf, NULL, 10);
-	SCX_BUG_ON(val < 0, "invalid num hotplug events: %lu", val);
+	errno = 0;
+	val = strtoul(buf, &endptr, 10);
+	SCX_BUG_ON(errno == ERANGE || endptr == buf ||
+		   (*endptr != '\n' && *endptr != '\0'), "invalid num hotplug events: %ld", val);
 
 	return val;
 }
-- 
2.51.0


             reply	other threads:[~2026-02-27 18:43 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-02-27 18:43 David Carlier [this message]
2026-02-27 19:19 ` [PATCH] tools/sched_ext: fix strtoul() misuse in scx_hotplug_seq() Tejun Heo
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2026-02-27 18:14 David Carlier
2026-02-27 18:20 ` Tejun Heo

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