[PATCH] usb: xhci: fix missing null termination after copy_from_user()
From: Weigang He
Date: Sat Jan 17 2026 - 04:46:38 EST
The buffer 'buf' is filled by copy_from_user() but is not properly
null-terminated before being used with strncmp(). If userspace provides
fewer than 10 bytes, strncmp() may read beyond the copied data into
uninitialized stack memory.
Add explicit null termination after copy_from_user() to ensure the
buffer is always a valid C string before string operations.
Fixes: 87a03802184c ("xhci: debugfs: add debugfs interface to enable compliance mode for a port")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Weigang He <geoffreyhe2@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/usb/host/xhci-debugfs.c | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/usb/host/xhci-debugfs.c b/drivers/usb/host/xhci-debugfs.c
index c1eb1036ede95..1e2350de77775 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/host/xhci-debugfs.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/host/xhci-debugfs.c
@@ -347,11 +347,13 @@ static ssize_t xhci_port_write(struct file *file, const char __user *ubuf,
struct xhci_port *port = s->private;
struct xhci_hcd *xhci = hcd_to_xhci(port->rhub->hcd);
char buf[32];
+ size_t len = min_t(size_t, sizeof(buf) - 1, count);
u32 portsc;
unsigned long flags;
- if (copy_from_user(&buf, ubuf, min_t(size_t, sizeof(buf) - 1, count)))
+ if (copy_from_user(&buf, ubuf, len))
return -EFAULT;
+ buf[len] = '\0';
if (!strncmp(buf, "compliance", 10)) {
/* If CTC is clear, compliance is enabled by default */
--
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