Re: [PATCH] clean up scary strncpy(dst, src, strlen(src)) uses

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On Friday, May 31, 2013 09:18:07 AM Kees Cook wrote:
> Fix various weird constructions of strncpy(dst, src, strlen(src)).
> Length
> limits should be about the space available in the destination, not
> repurposed as a method to either always include or always exclude
> a trailing NULL byte. Either the NULL should always be copied
> (using strlcpy), or it should not be copied (using something like
> memcpy). Readable code should not depend on the weird behavior of
> strncpy
> when it hits the length limit. Better to avoid the anti-pattern
> entirely.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

For the s390-part:

Acked-by: Ursula Braun <ursula.braun@xxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
> This is a follow-up to the anti-pattern being fixed in iscsi-target,
> which was exploitable:
> "iscsi-target: fix heap buffer overflow on error"
> http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/nab/target-pending.git/commit/?id=cea4dcfdad926a27a18e188720efe0f2c9403456
> ---
> Documentation/accounting/getdelays.c             |    3 ++-
> drivers/acpi/sysfs.c                             |    3 +--
> drivers/s390/net/qeth_l3_sys.c                   |    6 ++----
> drivers/staging/tidspbridge/rmgr/drv_interface.c |    3 +--
> fs/hppfs/hppfs.c                                 |   11 ++++++-----
> 5 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/accounting/getdelays.c
> b/Documentation/accounting/getdelays.c
> index f8ebcde..5e4773d 100644
> --- a/Documentation/accounting/getdelays.c
> +++ b/Documentation/accounting/getdelays.c
> @@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
> #include <sys/socket.h>
> #include <sys/wait.h>
> #include <signal.h>
> +#include <bsd/string.h>
> 
> #include <linux/genetlink.h>
> #include <linux/taskstats.h>
> @@ -299,7 +300,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
>                                                    break;
>                                   case 'C':
>                                                    containerset = 1;
> -
> strncpy(containerpath, optarg, strlen(optarg) + 1);
> +
> strlcpy(containerpath, optarg, sizeof(containerpath));
>                                                    break;
>                                   case 'w':
>                                                    logfile =
> strdup(optarg);
> diff --git a/drivers/acpi/sysfs.c b/drivers/acpi/sysfs.c
> index fcae5fa..193745d 100644
> --- a/drivers/acpi/sysfs.c
> +++ b/drivers/acpi/sysfs.c
> @@ -677,10 +677,9 @@ void acpi_irq_stats_init(void)
>                                   else
>                                                    sprintf(buffer,
> "bug%02X", i);
> 
> -                                  name = kzalloc(strlen(buffer) + 1,
> GFP_KERNEL);
> +                                  name = kstrdup(buffer, GFP_KERNEL);
>                                   if (name == NULL)
>                                                    goto fail;
> -                                  strncpy(name, buffer,
> strlen(buffer) + 1);
> 
> 
> sysfs_attr_init(&counter_attrs[i].attr);
>                                   counter_attrs[i].attr.name = name;
> diff --git a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l3_sys.c
> b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l3_sys.c
> index e70af24..d1c8025 100644
> --- a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l3_sys.c
> +++ b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l3_sys.c
> @@ -315,10 +315,8 @@ static ssize_t qeth_l3_dev_hsuid_store(struct
> device *dev,
>                  if (qeth_configure_cq(card, QETH_CQ_ENABLED))
>                                   return -EPERM;
> 
> -                 for (i = 0; i < 8; i++)
> -                                  card->options.hsuid[i] = ' ';
> -                 card->options.hsuid[8] = '\0';
> -                 strncpy(card->options.hsuid, tmp, strlen(tmp));
> +                 snprintf(card->options.hsuid,
> sizeof(card->options.hsuid),
> +                                   "%-8s", tmp);
>                  ASCEBC(card->options.hsuid, 8);
>                  if (card->dev)
>                                   memcpy(card->dev->perm_addr,
> card->options.hsuid, 9);
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/tidspbridge/rmgr/drv_interface.c
> b/drivers/staging/tidspbridge/rmgr/drv_interface.c
> index df0f37e..c4d632c 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/tidspbridge/rmgr/drv_interface.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/tidspbridge/rmgr/drv_interface.c
> @@ -421,12 +421,11 @@ static int omap3_bridge_startup(struct
> platform_device *pdev)
>                  drv_datap->tc_wordswapon = tc_wordswapon;
> 
>                  if (base_img) {
> -                                  drv_datap->base_img =
> kmalloc(strlen(base_img) + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
> +                                  drv_datap->base_img =
> kstrdup(base_img, GFP_KERNEL);
>                                   if (!drv_datap->base_img) {
>                                                    err = -ENOMEM;
>                                                    goto err2;
>                                   }
> -                                  strncpy(drv_datap->base_img,
> base_img, strlen(base_img) + 1);
>                  }
> 
>                  dev_set_drvdata(bridge, drv_datap);
> diff --git a/fs/hppfs/hppfs.c b/fs/hppfs/hppfs.c
> index cd3e389..d619b83 100644
> --- a/fs/hppfs/hppfs.c
> +++ b/fs/hppfs/hppfs.c
> @@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ static char *dentry_name(struct dentry *dentry, int
> extra)
>                  struct dentry *parent;
>                  char *root, *name;
>                  const char *seg_name;
> -                 int len, seg_len;
> +                 int len, seg_len, root_len;
> 
>                  len = 0;
>                  parent = dentry;
> @@ -81,7 +81,8 @@ static char *dentry_name(struct dentry *dentry, int
> extra)
>                  }
> 
>                  root = "proc";
> -                 len += strlen(root);
> +                 root_len = strlen(root);
> +                 len += root_len;
>                  name = kmalloc(len + extra + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
>                  if (name == NULL)
>                                   return NULL;
> @@ -91,7 +92,7 @@ static char *dentry_name(struct dentry *dentry, int
> extra)
>                  while (parent->d_parent != parent) {
>                                   if (is_pid(parent)) {
>                                                    seg_name = "pid";
> -                                                   seg_len =
> strlen("pid");
> +                                                   seg_len =
> strlen(seg_name);
>                                   }
>                                   else {
>                                                    seg_name =
> parent->d_name.name;
> @@ -100,10 +101,10 @@ static char *dentry_name(struct dentry *dentry,
> int extra)
> 
>                                   len -= seg_len + 1;
>                                   name[len] = '/';
> -                                  strncpy(&name[len + 1], seg_name,
> seg_len);
> +                                  memcpy(&name[len + 1], seg_name,
> seg_len);
>                                   parent = parent->d_parent;
>                  }
> -                 strncpy(name, root, strlen(root));
> +                 memcpy(name, root, root_len);
>                  return name;
> }
> 
> -- 
> 1.7.9.5
> 
> 


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