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	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, peterz@infradead.org,
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Subject: [tip:perf/core] perf machine: Null-terminate version char array upon fgets(/proc/version) error
Date: Sat, 18 May 2019 01:59:26 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <tip-30ba5b0e66c872faa416a458d32cc3956ecb548a@git.kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20190514110100.22019-1-donald.yandt@gmail.com>

Commit-ID:  30ba5b0e66c872faa416a458d32cc3956ecb548a
Gitweb:     https://git.kernel.org/tip/30ba5b0e66c872faa416a458d32cc3956ecb548a
Author:     Donald Yandt <donald.yandt@gmail.com>
AuthorDate: Tue, 14 May 2019 07:01:00 -0400
Committer:  Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
CommitDate: Wed, 15 May 2019 16:36:47 -0300

perf machine: Null-terminate version char array upon fgets(/proc/version) error

If fgets() fails due to any other error besides end-of-file, the version
char array may not even be null-terminated.

Signed-off-by: Donald Yandt <donald.yandt@gmail.com>
Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Avi Kivity <avi@scylladb.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Yanmin Zhang <yanmin_zhang@linux.intel.com>
Fixes: a1645ce12adb ("perf: 'perf kvm' tool for monitoring guest performance from host")
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190514110100.22019-1-donald.yandt@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
---
 tools/perf/util/machine.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/machine.c b/tools/perf/util/machine.c
index 3c520baa198c..28a9541c4835 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/machine.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/machine.c
@@ -1234,8 +1234,9 @@ static char *get_kernel_version(const char *root_dir)
 	if (!file)
 		return NULL;
 
-	version[0] = '\0';
 	tmp = fgets(version, sizeof(version), file);
+	if (!tmp)
+		*version = '\0';
 	fclose(file);
 
 	name = strstr(version, prefix);

      parent reply	other threads:[~2019-05-18  8:59 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-05-14 11:01 [PATCH v2] tools/perf/util: null-terminate version char array upon error Donald Yandt
2019-05-14 13:36 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2019-05-18  8:59 ` tip-bot for Donald Yandt [this message]

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