Hi Geert-san,
> From: Geert Uytterhoeven, Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2019 6:27 PM
>
> Hi Shimoda-san,
>
> On Wed, Jul 31, 2019 at 11:04 AM Yoshihiro Shimoda
> <yoshihiro.shimoda.uh@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Since the role_store() uses strncmp(), it's possible to refer
> > out-of-memory if the sysfs data size is smaller than strlen("host").
> > This patch fixes it by using sysfs_streq() instead of strncmp().
> >
> > Reported-by: Pavel Machek <pavel@xxxxxxx>
> > Fixes: 9bb86777fb71 ("phy: rcar-gen3-usb2: add sysfs for usb role swap")
> > Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> # v4.10+
> > Signed-off-by: Yoshihiro Shimoda <yoshihiro.shimoda.uh@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Reviewed-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@xxxxxxxxx>
Thank you for your review!
> > ---
> > Just a record. The role_store() doesn't need to check the count because
> > the sysfs_streq() checks the first argument is NULL or not.
>
> Is that wat you mean? sysfs_streq() doesn't seem to check for NULL pointers.
Oops, sorry for unclear. I meant a NULL-terminated string, not NULL pointer.
> Isn't the real reason that sysfs (kernfs) guarantees that the passed buffer
> is NUL-terminated?
I doesn't check in detail, but I assume so.
Best regards,
Yoshihiro Shimoda
> Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
>
> Geert
>
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