On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 07:40:32AM +0900, Simon Horman wrote: > On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 11:23:00AM -0400, Vivek Goyal wrote: > > scan_vmcoreinfo() currently assumes that every line in vmcoreinfo note ends > > with \n and overwrites new line character with \0. But last entry in note, > > CRASHTIME= does not end with \n and this leads to corrupting memory as we > > write beyond end of buffer. > > > > Normally things were fine but when I added some fields to vmcoreinfo, this > > bug started showing and vmcore-dmesg started crashing. > > > > I am planning to send a patch to fix this in kernel but it might be good > > idea to handle this case in user space too so that vmcore-dmesg works > > fine with cores of older kernels. > > Good plan. > > > Signed-off-by: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal at redhat.com> > > --- > > vmcore-dmesg/vmcore-dmesg.c | 27 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++- > > 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > > > Index: kexec-tools/vmcore-dmesg/vmcore-dmesg.c > > =================================================================== > > --- kexec-tools.orig/vmcore-dmesg/vmcore-dmesg.c 2012-07-19 01:54:02.700700235 -0400 > > +++ kexec-tools/vmcore-dmesg/vmcore-dmesg.c 2012-07-19 01:55:08.232702248 -0400 > > @@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ > > #include <sys/stat.h> > > #include <fcntl.h> > > #include <elf.h> > > +#include <stdbool.h> > > > > /* The 32bit and 64bit note headers make it clear we don't care */ > > typedef Elf32_Nhdr Elf_Nhdr; > > @@ -220,6 +221,9 @@ static void scan_vmcoreinfo(char *start, > > { > > char *last = start + size - 1; > > char *pos, *eol; > > + char temp_buf[1024]; > > + bool last_line = false; > > Is there a chance of over-running temp_buf? > > I would be more comfortable if there was a check below to > ensure that len can never be greater than sizeof(temp_buf). Hi Simon, Agreed. Making sure temp_buf does not overflow is a good idea. Here is the udpated patch. Thanks Vivek vmcore-dmesg: Do not write beyond end of buffer scan_vmcoreinfo() currently assumes that every vmcoreinfo note line ends with \n and overwrites new line with \0. But last entry in note, CRASHTIME= does not end with \n and this leads to corrupting memory as we write beyond end of buffer. Normally things were fine but when I added some fields to vmcoreinfo, this bug started showing and vmcore-dmesg started crashing. I am planning to send a patch to fix this in kernel but it might be good idea to handle this case in user space too so that vmcore-dmesg works fine with cores of older kernels. Signed-off-by: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal at redhat.com> --- vmcore-dmesg/vmcore-dmesg.c | 29 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) Index: kexec-tools/vmcore-dmesg/vmcore-dmesg.c =================================================================== --- kexec-tools.orig/vmcore-dmesg/vmcore-dmesg.c 2012-07-20 08:04:42.370051049 -0400 +++ kexec-tools/vmcore-dmesg/vmcore-dmesg.c 2012-07-20 08:12:14.198070252 -0400 @@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ #include <sys/stat.h> #include <fcntl.h> #include <elf.h> +#include <stdbool.h> /* The 32bit and 64bit note headers make it clear we don't care */ typedef Elf32_Nhdr Elf_Nhdr; @@ -220,6 +221,9 @@ static void scan_vmcoreinfo(char *start, { char *last = start + size - 1; char *pos, *eol; + char temp_buf[1024]; + bool last_line = false; + #define SYMBOL(sym) { \ .str = "SYMBOL(" #sym ")=", \ .name = #sym, \ @@ -243,7 +247,27 @@ static void scan_vmcoreinfo(char *start, /* Find the end of the current line */ for (eol = pos; (eol <= last) && (*eol != '\n') ; eol++) ; - len = eol - pos + 1; + if (eol > last) { + /* + * We did not find \n and note ended. Currently kernel + * is appending last field CRASH_TIME without \n. It + * is ugly but handle it. + */ + eol = last; + len = eol - pos + 1; + if (len >= sizeof(temp_buf)) + len = sizeof(temp_buf) - 1; + strncpy(temp_buf, pos, len); + temp_buf[len + 1] = '\0'; + + pos = temp_buf; + len = len + 1; + eol = pos + len -1; + last_line = true; + } else { + len = eol - pos + 1; + } + /* Stomp the last character so I am guaranteed a terminating null */ *eol = '\0'; /* Copy OSRELEASE if I see it */ @@ -266,6 +290,9 @@ static void scan_vmcoreinfo(char *start, /* Remember the virtual address */ *symbol[i].vaddr = vaddr; } + + if (last_line) + break; } }