Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] lib/vsprintf: Fix to check field_width and precision

From: David Laight

Date: Fri Mar 20 2026 - 05:49:09 EST


On Fri, 20 Mar 2026 12:54:48 +0900
"Masami Hiramatsu (Google)" <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Check the field_width and presition correctly. Previously it depends
> on the bitfield conversion from int to check out-of-range error.
> However, commit 938df695e98d ("vsprintf: associate the format state
> with the format pointer") changed those fields to int.
> We need to check the out-of-range correctly without bitfield
> conversion.
>
> Fixes: 938df695e98d ("vsprintf: associate the format state with the format pointer")
> Reported-by: David Laight <david.laight.linux@xxxxxxxxx>
> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260318151250.40fef0ab@pumpkin/
> Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Changes in v2:
> - Fix to use logical split.
> ---
> lib/vsprintf.c | 6 ++++--
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/lib/vsprintf.c b/lib/vsprintf.c
> index 800b8ac49f53..32a164e2adf4 100644
> --- a/lib/vsprintf.c
> +++ b/lib/vsprintf.c
> @@ -2803,7 +2803,8 @@ static void
> set_field_width(struct printf_spec *spec, int width)
> {
> spec->field_width = width;
> - if (WARN_ONCE(spec->field_width != width, "field width %d too large", width)) {
> + if (WARN_ONCE(spec->field_width > FIELD_WIDTH_MAX || spec->field_width < -FIELD_WIDTH_MAX,

Check and update width before the assignment to spec->field_width.

David

> + "field width %d too large", width)) {
> spec->field_width = clamp(width, -FIELD_WIDTH_MAX, FIELD_WIDTH_MAX);
> }
> }
> @@ -2812,7 +2813,8 @@ static void
> set_precision(struct printf_spec *spec, int prec)
> {
> spec->precision = prec;
> - if (WARN_ONCE(spec->precision != prec, "precision %d too large", prec)) {
> + if (WARN_ONCE(spec->precision > PRECISION_MAX || spec->precision < 0,
> + "precision %d too large", prec)) {
> spec->precision = clamp(prec, 0, PRECISION_MAX);
> }
> }
>