Re: [PATCH] dns_resolver: assure that dns_query() result is null-terminated

From: Trond Myklebust
Date: Sat Jun 07 2014 - 14:55:12 EST


On Sat, Jun 7, 2014 at 1:56 PM, Manuel SchÃlling
<manuel.schoelling@xxxxxx> wrote:
> dns_query() credulously assumes that keys are null-terminated and
> returns a copy of a memory block that is off by one.
> ---
> net/dns_resolver/dns_query.c | 4 +++-
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/net/dns_resolver/dns_query.c b/net/dns_resolver/dns_query.c
> index e7b6d53..53be635 100644
> --- a/net/dns_resolver/dns_query.c
> +++ b/net/dns_resolver/dns_query.c
> @@ -149,7 +149,9 @@ int dns_query(const char *type, const char *name, size_t namelen,
> if (!*_result)
> goto put;
>
> - memcpy(*_result, upayload->data, len + 1);
> + memcpy(*_result, upayload->data, len);
> + *_result[len+1] = '\0';

Off by one...

> +
> if (_expiry)
> *_expiry = rkey->expiry;
>
> --
> 1.7.10.4
>
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