[PATCH v2] platform/x86: dell-wmi-sysman: bound enumeration string aggregation
From: Pengpeng Hou
Date: Tue Apr 07 2026 - 20:40:44 EST
populate_enum_data() aggregates firmware-provided value-modifier
and possible-value strings into fixed 512-byte struct members.
The current code bounds each individual source string but then
appends every string and separator with raw strcat() and no
remaining-space check.
Switch the aggregation loops to a bounded append helper and
reject enumeration packages whose combined strings do not fit
in the destination buffers.
Fixes: e8a60aa7404b ("platform/x86: Introduce support for Systems Management Driver over WMI for Dell Systems")
Signed-off-by: Pengpeng Hou <pengpeng@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Changes since v1:
- fold changelog paragraphs to 72 columns
- use WARN_ON_ONCE() if the destination string is already out of bounds
.../dell/dell-wmi-sysman/enum-attributes.c | 32 +++++++++++++++----
1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/dell/dell-wmi-sysman/enum-attributes.c b/drivers/platform/x86/dell/dell-wmi-sysman/enum-attributes.c
index 09996fbdc707..11fa6f9f9322 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/dell/dell-wmi-sysman/enum-attributes.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/dell/dell-wmi-sysman/enum-attributes.c
@@ -10,6 +10,26 @@
get_instance_id(enumeration);
+static int append_enum_string(char *dest, const char *src)
+{
+ size_t dest_len = strlen(dest);
+ ssize_t copied;
+
+ if (WARN_ON_ONCE(dest_len >= MAX_BUFF))
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ copied = strscpy(dest + dest_len, src, MAX_BUFF - dest_len);
+ if (copied < 0)
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ dest_len += copied;
+ copied = strscpy(dest + dest_len, ";", MAX_BUFF - dest_len);
+ if (copied < 0)
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
static ssize_t current_value_show(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobj_attribute *attr, char *buf)
{
int instance_id = get_enumeration_instance_id(kobj);
@@ -176,9 +196,9 @@ int populate_enum_data(union acpi_object *enumeration_obj, int instance_id,
return -EINVAL;
if (check_property_type(enumeration, next_obj, ACPI_TYPE_STRING))
return -EINVAL;
- strcat(wmi_priv.enumeration_data[instance_id].dell_value_modifier,
- enumeration_obj[next_obj++].string.pointer);
- strcat(wmi_priv.enumeration_data[instance_id].dell_value_modifier, ";");
+ if (append_enum_string(wmi_priv.enumeration_data[instance_id].dell_value_modifier,
+ enumeration_obj[next_obj++].string.pointer))
+ return -EINVAL;
}
if (next_obj >= enum_property_count)
@@ -193,9 +213,9 @@ int populate_enum_data(union acpi_object *enumeration_obj, int instance_id,
return -EINVAL;
if (check_property_type(enumeration, next_obj, ACPI_TYPE_STRING))
return -EINVAL;
- strcat(wmi_priv.enumeration_data[instance_id].possible_values,
- enumeration_obj[next_obj++].string.pointer);
- strcat(wmi_priv.enumeration_data[instance_id].possible_values, ";");
+ if (append_enum_string(wmi_priv.enumeration_data[instance_id].possible_values,
+ enumeration_obj[next_obj++].string.pointer))
+ return -EINVAL;
}
return sysfs_create_group(attr_name_kobj, &enumeration_attr_group);
--
2.50.1 (Apple Git-155)