[PATCH 4.14 39/53] dm integrity: change memcmp to strncmp in dm_integrity_ctr

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From: Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@xxxxxxxxxx>

commit 0d74e6a3b6421d98eeafbed26f29156d469bc0b5 upstream.

If the string opt_string is small, the function memcmp can access bytes
that are beyond the terminating nul character. In theory, it could cause
segfault, if opt_string were located just below some unmapped memory.

Change from memcmp to strncmp so that we don't read bytes beyond the end
of the string.

Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # v4.12+
Signed-off-by: Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

---
 drivers/md/dm-integrity.c |    6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

--- a/drivers/md/dm-integrity.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-integrity.c
@@ -2917,17 +2917,17 @@ static int dm_integrity_ctr(struct dm_ta
 				goto bad;
 			}
 			ic->sectors_per_block = val >> SECTOR_SHIFT;
-		} else if (!memcmp(opt_string, "internal_hash:", strlen("internal_hash:"))) {
+		} else if (!strncmp(opt_string, "internal_hash:", strlen("internal_hash:"))) {
 			r = get_alg_and_key(opt_string, &ic->internal_hash_alg, &ti->error,
 					    "Invalid internal_hash argument");
 			if (r)
 				goto bad;
-		} else if (!memcmp(opt_string, "journal_crypt:", strlen("journal_crypt:"))) {
+		} else if (!strncmp(opt_string, "journal_crypt:", strlen("journal_crypt:"))) {
 			r = get_alg_and_key(opt_string, &ic->journal_crypt_alg, &ti->error,
 					    "Invalid journal_crypt argument");
 			if (r)
 				goto bad;
-		} else if (!memcmp(opt_string, "journal_mac:", strlen("journal_mac:"))) {
+		} else if (!strncmp(opt_string, "journal_mac:", strlen("journal_mac:"))) {
 			r = get_alg_and_key(opt_string, &ic->journal_mac_alg,  &ti->error,
 					    "Invalid journal_mac argument");
 			if (r)





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