Re: [PATCH net-next v3 08/10] net: pktgen: fix access outside of user given buffer in pktgen_if_write()

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Hello Simon,

On Tue, 4 Feb 2025 10:52:51 +0000, Simon Horman <horms@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Mon, Feb 03, 2025 at 06:01:59PM +0100, Peter Seiderer wrote:
> > Honour the user given buffer size for the hex32_arg(), num_arg(),
> > strn_len(), get_imix_entries() and get_labels() calls (otherwise they will
> > access memory outside of the user given buffer).
> >
> > In hex32_arg(), num_arg(), strn_len() error out in case no characters are
> > available (maxlen = 0), in num_arg() additional error out in case no valid
> > character is parsed.
> >
> > In get_labels() additional enable parsing labels up to MAX_IMIX_ENTRIES
> > instead of (MAX_IMIX_ENTRIES - 1).
> >
> > Additional remove some superfluous variable initializing and align some
> > variable declarations to the most common pattern.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Peter Seiderer <ps.report@xxxxxxx>
>
> ...
>
> > diff --git a/net/core/pktgen.c b/net/core/pktgen.c
>
> ...
>
> > @@ -872,7 +886,8 @@ static ssize_t get_imix_entries(const char __user *buffer,
> >  		if (size < 14 + 20 + 8)
> >  			size = 14 + 20 + 8;
> >
> > -		len = num_arg(&buffer[i], max_digits, &weight);
> > +		max = min(10, maxlen - i);
>
> Hi Peter,
>
> 10 is used as a magic value here. I think it would be best if
> it were a #define so it has a name. Likewise for other constants
> used as arguments to min() in this patch.
>
> ...

O.k, done in the next patch iteration...

Thanks for review!

Regards,
Peter






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