[PATCH] powerpc/eeh: NUL-terminate debugfs command buffers before sscanf()
From: Pengpeng Hou
Date: Fri Apr 17 2026 - 04:03:10 EST
eeh_force_recover_write() and pnv_eeh_ei_write() copy raw userspace
bytes into fixed stack buffers with simple_write_to_buffer() and then
pass those buffers straight to sscanf().
When userspace fills the buffer completely, the copied command is not
NUL-terminated and sscanf() can read past the end of the stack buffer.
Reject oversized writes and reserve one byte for a terminating NUL before
parsing the command string.
Fixes: 954bd99435b8 ("powerpc/eeh: Add eeh_force_recover to debugfs")
Fixes: 4cf174455899 ("powerpc/powernv: Drop PHB operation post_init()")
Signed-off-by: Pengpeng Hou <pengpeng@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/powerpc/kernel/eeh.c | 11 +++++++++--
arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/eeh-powernv.c | 11 +++++++++--
2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/eeh.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/eeh.c
index bb836f02101c..681701ffbf33 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/eeh.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/eeh.c
@@ -1729,11 +1729,18 @@ static ssize_t eeh_force_recover_write(struct file *filp,
uint32_t phbid, pe_no;
struct eeh_pe *pe;
char buf[20];
- int ret;
+ ssize_t ret;
+
+ if (*ppos != 0 || count >= sizeof(buf))
+ return -EINVAL;
- ret = simple_write_to_buffer(buf, sizeof(buf), ppos, user_buf, count);
+ ret = simple_write_to_buffer(buf, sizeof(buf) - 1, ppos, user_buf,
+ count);
+ if (ret < 0)
+ return ret;
if (!ret)
return -EFAULT;
+ buf[ret] = '\0';
/*
* When PE is NULL the event is a "special" event. Rather than
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/eeh-powernv.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/eeh-powernv.c
index db3370d1673c..88a4acc11186 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/eeh-powernv.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/eeh-powernv.c
@@ -71,15 +71,22 @@ static ssize_t pnv_eeh_ei_write(struct file *filp,
int pe_no, type, func;
unsigned long addr, mask;
char buf[50];
- int ret;
+ ssize_t ret;
if (!eeh_ops || !eeh_ops->err_inject)
return -ENXIO;
+ if (*ppos != 0 || count >= sizeof(buf))
+ return -EINVAL;
+
/* Copy over argument buffer */
- ret = simple_write_to_buffer(buf, sizeof(buf), ppos, user_buf, count);
+ ret = simple_write_to_buffer(buf, sizeof(buf) - 1, ppos, user_buf,
+ count);
+ if (ret < 0)
+ return ret;
if (!ret)
return -EFAULT;
+ buf[ret] = '\0';
/* Retrieve parameters */
ret = sscanf(buf, "%x:%x:%x:%lx:%lx",
--
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