Re: [PATCH] driver core: restrict buffer length in online_store()

[Greg KH]

On Fri, Jul 21, 2017 at 08:39:04AM +0800, Tiezhu Yang wrote:
> According to Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-online, in order to
> control CPU N's hotplug state, we should write one of 'Yy1Nn0' to the file
> /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuN/online, other values should be invalid. so the
> buffer length should be 2, buf[0] is one of 'Yy1Nn0' and buf[1] is '\n'.
> 
> without patch:
> [root@localhost home]# echo 0test > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu1/online
> [root@localhost home]# cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu1/online
> 0
> [root@localhost home]# echo 1test > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu1/online
> [root@localhost home]# cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu1/online
> 1
> [root@localhost home]# echo ntest > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu1/online
> [root@localhost home]# cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu1/online
> 0
> [root@localhost home]# echo ytest > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu1/online
> [root@localhost home]# cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu1/online
> 1
> [root@localhost home]# echo Ntest > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu1/online
> [root@localhost home]# cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu1/online
> 0
> [root@localhost home]# echo Ytest > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu1/online
> [root@localhost home]# cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu1/online
> 1
> 
> with patch:
> [root@localhost home]# echo 0test > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu1/online
> bash: echo: write error: Invalid argument
> [root@localhost home]# echo 1test > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu1/online
> bash: echo: write error: Invalid argument
> [root@localhost home]# echo ntest > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu1/online
> bash: echo: write error: Invalid argument
> [root@localhost home]# echo ytest > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu1/online
> bash: echo: write error: Invalid argument
> [root@localhost home]# echo Ntest > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu1/online
> bash: echo: write error: Invalid argument
> [root@localhost home]# echo Ytest > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu1/online
> bash: echo: write error: Invalid argument
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tiezhu Yang <kernelpatch@xxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/base/core.c | 6 ++++++
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c
> index 755451f..6588ed5 100644
> --- a/drivers/base/core.c
> +++ b/drivers/base/core.c
> @@ -1005,6 +1005,12 @@ static ssize_t online_store(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
>  	bool val;
>  	int ret;
>  
> +	/* According to Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-online,
> +	 * the buf length should be 2, buf[0]: one of 'Yy1Nn0', buf[1]: '\n'.
> +	 */
> +	if (strlen(buf) != 2)
> +		return -EINVAL;
> +
>  	ret = strtobool(buf, &val);

strtobool should handle all of this, so let's not force every individual
user of it to check the "length".

What is the problem that this patch is trying to solve?  Who is writing
odd values to this file that is not working properly?  Who writes
"0testfoo" to the file and expect it to reject the value?

thanks,

greg k-h