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From: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@linux.dev>
To: "Mark Pearson" <mpearson-lenovo@squebb.ca>,
	"Derek J. Clark" <derekjohn.clark@gmail.com>,
	"Hans de Goede" <hansg@kernel.org>,
	"Ilpo Järvinen" <ilpo.jarvinen@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@linux.dev>,
	stable@vger.kernel.org, Mark Pearson <markpearson@lenovo.com>,
	platform-driver-x86@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v2] platform/x86: think-lmi: Fix current password length check
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2026 10:20:49 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260813082049.41209-2-thorsten.blum@linux.dev> (raw)

current_password_store() checks the password length before removing the
trailing newline, which can reject valid passwords that are exactly
->maxlen bytes long.

It also passes ->maxlen to strscpy(), which truncates passwords without
a newline.

Use strchrnul() to measure the password length up to the newline, then
copy that many bytes and add a trailing NUL terminator.

Fixes: a40cd7ef22fb ("platform/x86: think-lmi: Add WMI interface support on Lenovo platforms")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@linux.dev>
---
Changes in v2:
- Keep and reword the newline comment
- v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260810132018.156868-3-thorsten.blum@linux.dev/
---
 drivers/platform/x86/lenovo/think-lmi.c | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/lenovo/think-lmi.c b/drivers/platform/x86/lenovo/think-lmi.c
index e215e86e3db7..d0ceb6aaa69e 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/lenovo/think-lmi.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/lenovo/think-lmi.c
@@ -438,14 +438,14 @@ static ssize_t current_password_store(struct kobject *kobj,
 	struct tlmi_pwd_setting *setting = to_tlmi_pwd_setting(kobj);
 	size_t pwdlen;
 
-	pwdlen = strlen(buf);
+	/* Strip newline; setting password won't work if one is present. */
+	pwdlen = strchrnul(buf, '\n') - buf;
 	/* pwdlen == 0 is allowed to clear the password */
 	if (pwdlen && ((pwdlen < setting->minlen) || (pwdlen > setting->maxlen)))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	strscpy(setting->password, buf, setting->maxlen);
-	/* Strip out CR if one is present, setting password won't work if it is present */
-	strreplace(setting->password, '\n', '\0');
+	memcpy(setting->password, buf, pwdlen);
+	setting->password[pwdlen] = '\0';
 	return count;
 }
 

             reply	other threads:[~2026-08-13  8:22 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-08-13  8:20 Thorsten Blum [this message]
2026-08-13 13:52 ` [PATCH v2] platform/x86: think-lmi: Fix current password length check Mark Pearson

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