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From: Detlev Zundel <dzu@denx.de>
To: u-boot@lists.denx.de
Subject: [U-Boot] [PATCH] cmd_mtdparts.c: prevent printbuffer overflows
Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2010 12:39:50 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <m2ljekyyd5.fsf@ohwell.denx.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1266924140-14457-1-git-send-email-agust@denx.de> (Anatolij Gustschin's message of "Tue, 23 Feb 2010 12:22:20 +0100")

Hi Anatolij,

> The length of configured MTDPARTS_DEFAULT string
> could be greather than console printbuffer size.
> Check the lenght of the string before printing
> to prevent U-Boot crashes.
>
> Signed-off-by: Anatolij Gustschin <agust@denx.de>
> ---
>  common/cmd_mtdparts.c |    8 ++++++++
>  1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/common/cmd_mtdparts.c b/common/cmd_mtdparts.c
> index 230e96e..d4cb194 100644
> --- a/common/cmd_mtdparts.c
> +++ b/common/cmd_mtdparts.c
> @@ -1254,6 +1254,14 @@ static void list_partitions(void)
>  	printf("\ndefaults:\n");
>  	printf("mtdids  : %s\n",
>  		mtdids_default ? mtdids_default : "none");
> +
> +	/* Check to prevent printbuffer overflows */
> +	if (mtdparts_default && strlen(mtdparts_default) > CONFIG_SYS_PBSIZE) {
> +		puts("Warning: mtdparts too long,"
> +		     " please increase CONFIG_SYS_PBSIZE\n");
> +		return;
> +	}
> +
>  	printf("mtdparts: %s\n",
>  		mtdparts_default ? mtdparts_default : "none");
>  }

If I understand this correctly, then the real problem is the console
code crashing without a warning, correct?  If so, then please put such a
warning in the correct place instead of fixing the caller sites.

Thanks
  Detlev

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  reply	other threads:[~2010-02-23 11:39 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-02-23 11:22 [U-Boot] [PATCH] cmd_mtdparts.c: prevent printbuffer overflows Anatolij Gustschin
2010-02-23 11:39 ` Detlev Zundel [this message]
2010-02-23 14:28   ` Wolfgang Denk
2010-02-23 14:25 ` Wolfgang Denk
2010-02-23 14:55   ` Anatolij Gustschin

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