[PATCH] vsprintf: Remove accidental VLA usage

From: Kees Cook
Date: Wed Mar 07 2018 - 18:07:24 EST


The "sym" calculation is actually a fixed size, but since the max()
macro uses some extensive tricks for safety, it ends up looking like a
variable size. This replaces max() with a simple max macro which is
sufficient for the calculation of the array size.

Seen with -Wvla. Fixed as part of the directive to remove all VLAs from
the kernel: https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/3/7/621

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
lib/vsprintf.c | 5 +++--
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/vsprintf.c b/lib/vsprintf.c
index d7a708f82559..f420ab1477cb 100644
--- a/lib/vsprintf.c
+++ b/lib/vsprintf.c
@@ -744,8 +744,9 @@ char *resource_string(char *buf, char *end, struct resource *res,
#define FLAG_BUF_SIZE (2 * sizeof(res->flags))
#define DECODED_BUF_SIZE sizeof("[mem - 64bit pref window disabled]")
#define RAW_BUF_SIZE sizeof("[mem - flags 0x]")
- char sym[max(2*RSRC_BUF_SIZE + DECODED_BUF_SIZE,
- 2*RSRC_BUF_SIZE + FLAG_BUF_SIZE + RAW_BUF_SIZE)];
+#define SIMPLE_MAX(x, y) ((x) > (y) ? (x) : (y))
+ char sym[SIMPLE_MAX(2*RSRC_BUF_SIZE + DECODED_BUF_SIZE,
+ 2*RSRC_BUF_SIZE + FLAG_BUF_SIZE + RAW_BUF_SIZE)];

char *p = sym, *pend = sym + sizeof(sym);
int decode = (fmt[0] == 'R') ? 1 : 0;
--
2.7.4


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Kees Cook
Pixel Security