[PATCH 3/9] kgdbts: Read buffer overflow

From: Jason Wessel
Date: Fri Dec 11 2009 - 10:37:56 EST


From: Roel Kluin <roel.kluin@xxxxxxxxx>

Prevent write to put_buf[BUFMAX] in kgdb test suite.

If put_buf_cnt was BUFMAX - 1 at the earlier test,
`\0' is written to put_buf[BUFMAX].

Signed-off-by: Roel Kluin <roel.kluin@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/misc/kgdbts.c | 6 ++++++
1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/misc/kgdbts.c b/drivers/misc/kgdbts.c
index e4ff50b..2ab0492 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/kgdbts.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/kgdbts.c
@@ -712,6 +712,12 @@ static int run_simple_test(int is_get_char, int chr)

/* End of packet == #XX so look for the '#' */
if (put_buf_cnt > 3 && put_buf[put_buf_cnt - 3] == '#') {
+ if (put_buf_cnt >= BUFMAX) {
+ eprintk("kgdbts: ERROR: put buffer overflow on"
+ " '%s' line %i\n", ts.name, ts.idx);
+ put_buf_cnt = 0;
+ return 0;
+ }
put_buf[put_buf_cnt] = '\0';
v2printk("put%i: %s\n", ts.idx, put_buf);
/* Trigger check here */
--
1.6.4.rc1

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