[PATCH v2] ipr: fix out-of-bounds null overwrite

From: Insu Yun
Date: Wed Jan 06 2016 - 08:53:30 EST


Return value of snprintf is not bound by size value, 2nd argument.
(https://www.kernel.org/doc/htmldocs/kernel-api/API-snprintf.html).
Return value is number of printed chars, can be larger than 2nd argument.
Therefore, it can write null byte out of bounds ofbuffer.
Since snprintf puts null, it does not need to put additional null byte.

Signed-off-by: Insu Yun <wuninsu@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/scsi/ipr.c | 5 ++---
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/scsi/ipr.c b/drivers/scsi/ipr.c
index 536cd5a..caf63f9 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/ipr.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/ipr.c
@@ -4003,13 +4003,12 @@ static ssize_t ipr_store_update_fw(struct device *dev,
struct ipr_sglist *sglist;
char fname[100];
char *src;
- int len, result, dnld_size;
+ int result, dnld_size;

if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
return -EACCES;

- len = snprintf(fname, 99, "%s", buf);
- fname[len-1] = '\0';
+ snprintf(fname, 99, "%s", buf);

if (request_firmware(&fw_entry, fname, &ioa_cfg->pdev->dev)) {
dev_err(&ioa_cfg->pdev->dev, "Firmware file %s not found\n", fname);
--
1.9.1

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