From: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
To: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>,
Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org>,
Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>,
Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 6.1.y 2/6] params: Do not go over the limit when getting the string length
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2026 14:15:35 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260908181539.191940-2-sashal@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260908181539.191940-1-sashal@kernel.org>
From: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
[ Upstream commit fd0cd057a1b7351604daa6ffc91dfe28adf7225d ]
We can use strnlen() even on early stages and it prevents from
going over the string boundaries in case it's already too long.
Reviewed-by: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231120151419.1661807-3-andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Stable-dep-of: 3dfaae04243c ("params: fix charp corruption on allocation failure")
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---
kernel/params.c | 9 ++++++---
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/params.c b/kernel/params.c
index e6df4c2ef097c..89c139e861faf 100644
--- a/kernel/params.c
+++ b/kernel/params.c
@@ -264,7 +264,10 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(param_set_uint_minmax);
int param_set_charp(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp)
{
- if (strlen(val) > 1024) {
+ size_t len, maxlen = 1024;
+
+ len = strnlen(val, maxlen + 1);
+ if (len == maxlen + 1) {
pr_err("%s: string parameter too long\n", kp->name);
return -ENOSPC;
}
@@ -274,7 +277,7 @@ int param_set_charp(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp)
/* This is a hack. We can't kmalloc in early boot, and we
* don't need to; this mangled commandline is preserved. */
if (slab_is_available()) {
- *(char **)kp->arg = kmalloc_parameter(strlen(val)+1);
+ *(char **)kp->arg = kmalloc_parameter(len + 1);
if (!*(char **)kp->arg)
return -ENOMEM;
strcpy(*(char **)kp->arg, val);
@@ -512,7 +515,7 @@ int param_set_copystring(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp)
{
const struct kparam_string *kps = kp->str;
- if (strlen(val)+1 > kps->maxlen) {
+ if (strnlen(val, kps->maxlen) == kps->maxlen) {
pr_err("%s: string doesn't fit in %u chars.\n",
kp->name, kps->maxlen-1);
return -ENOSPC;
--
2.53.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-08 18:15 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-03 14:03 FAILED: patch "[PATCH] params: fix charp corruption on allocation failure" failed to apply to 6.1-stable tree gregkh
2026-09-08 18:15 ` [PATCH 6.1.y 1/6] kernel/params.c: Use kstrtobool() instead of strtobool() Sasha Levin
2026-09-08 18:15 ` Sasha Levin [this message]
2026-09-08 18:15 ` [PATCH 6.1.y 3/6] params: Use size_add() for kmalloc() Sasha Levin
2026-09-08 18:15 ` [PATCH 6.1.y 4/6] params: Sort headers Sasha Levin
2026-09-08 18:15 ` [PATCH 6.1.y 5/6] params: Fix multi-line comment style Sasha Levin
2026-09-08 18:15 ` [PATCH 6.1.y 6/6] params: fix charp corruption on allocation failure Sasha Levin
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