Re: [PATCH] snic: correctly check for array overrun on overly long version number

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On Thu, 2016-02-25 at 22:58 +0000, Colin King wrote:
> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> The snic version number is expected to be 4 decimals in the form like
> a netmask string with each number stored in an element in array v.
> However, there is an off-by-one check on the number of elements in v
> allowing one to pass a 5 decimal version number causing v[4] to be
> referenced, causing a buffer overrun.  Fix the off-by-one error by
> comparing to i > 3 rather than 4.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/scsi/snic/snic_ctl.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/scsi/snic/snic_ctl.c b/drivers/scsi/snic/snic_ctl.c
> index aebe753..ab0e06b 100644
> --- a/drivers/scsi/snic/snic_ctl.c
> +++ b/drivers/scsi/snic/snic_ctl.c
> @@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ snic_ver_enc(const char *s)
>  			continue;
>  		}
>  
> -		if (i > 4 || !isdigit(c))
> +		if (i > 3 || !isdigit(c))
>  			goto end;
>  
>  		v[i] = v[i] * 10 + (c - '0');

        int v[4] = {0};

So clearly the i > 4 test is wrong and should be i > 3.

Reviewed-by: Ewan D. Milne <emilne@xxxxxxxxxx>


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