Re: [PATCH] printk: ringbuffer: Wrong data pointer when appending small string

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On Wed 2020-10-14 19:50:54, Petr Mladek wrote:
> data_realloc() returns wrong data pointer when the block is wrapped and
> the size is not increased. It might happen when pr_cont() wants to
> add only few characters and there is already a space for them because
> of alignment.
> 
> It might cause writing outsite the buffer. It has been detected by LTP
> tests with KASAN enabled:
> 
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/CA+G9fYt46oC7-BKryNDaaXPJ9GztvS2cs_7GjYRjanRi4+ryCQ@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Fixes: 4cfc7258f876a7feba673ac ("printk: ringbuffer: add finalization/extension support")
> Reported-by: Naresh Kamboju <naresh.kamboju@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@xxxxxxxx>

The patch is committed into printk/linux.git, branch for-5.10-fixup.

I am going to send a pull request with it tomorrow unless something
happens in the meantime.

Best Regards,
Petr



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