Re: [PATCH] kernel/module.c: use scnprintf() instead of sprintf()

From: Rusty Russell
Date: Tue Aug 20 2013 - 21:18:05 EST


Chen Gang <gang.chen@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> For some strings, they are permitted to be larger than PAGE_SIZE, so
> need use scnprintf() instead of sprintf(), or it will cause issue.
>
> One case is:
>
> if a module version is crazy defined (length more than PAGE_SIZE),
> 'modinfo' command is still OK (print full contents),
> but for "cat /sys/modules/'modname'/version", will cause issue in kernel.

Applied!

Thanks,
Rusty.

>
> Signed-off-by: Chen Gang <gang.chen@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> kernel/module.c | 2 +-
> 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/module.c b/kernel/module.c
> index 2069158..0618e63 100644
> --- a/kernel/module.c
> +++ b/kernel/module.c
> @@ -603,7 +603,7 @@ static void setup_modinfo_##field(struct module *mod, const char *s) \
> static ssize_t show_modinfo_##field(struct module_attribute *mattr, \
> struct module_kobject *mk, char *buffer) \
> { \
> - return sprintf(buffer, "%s\n", mk->mod->field); \
> + return scnprintf(buffer, PAGE_SIZE, "%s\n", mk->mod->field); \
> } \
> static int modinfo_##field##_exists(struct module *mod) \
> { \
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