Re: [PATCH v4 1/6] string_helpers: add kstrdup_quotable

From: Serge E. Hallyn
Date: Tue Apr 12 2016 - 17:13:13 EST


Quoting Kees Cook (keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx):
> Handle allocating and escaping a string safe for logging.
>
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Serge Hallyn <serge.hallyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
> include/linux/string_helpers.h | 2 ++
> lib/string_helpers.c | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 2 files changed, 30 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/string_helpers.h b/include/linux/string_helpers.h
> index dabe643eb5fa..9de228af00c1 100644
> --- a/include/linux/string_helpers.h
> +++ b/include/linux/string_helpers.h
> @@ -68,4 +68,6 @@ static inline int string_escape_str_any_np(const char *src, char *dst,
> return string_escape_str(src, dst, sz, ESCAPE_ANY_NP, only);
> }
>
> +char *kstrdup_quotable(const char *src, gfp_t gfp);
> +
> #endif
> diff --git a/lib/string_helpers.c b/lib/string_helpers.c
> index 5c88204b6f1f..aa00c9f989ee 100644
> --- a/lib/string_helpers.c
> +++ b/lib/string_helpers.c
> @@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
> #include <linux/export.h>
> #include <linux/ctype.h>
> #include <linux/errno.h>
> +#include <linux/slab.h>
> #include <linux/string.h>
> #include <linux/string_helpers.h>
>
> @@ -534,3 +535,30 @@ int string_escape_mem(const char *src, size_t isz, char *dst, size_t osz,
> return p - dst;
> }
> EXPORT_SYMBOL(string_escape_mem);
> +
> +/*
> + * Return an allocated string that has been escaped of special characters
> + * and double quotes, making it safe to log in quotes.
> + */
> +char *kstrdup_quotable(const char *src, gfp_t gfp)
> +{
> + size_t slen, dlen;
> + char *dst;
> + const int flags = ESCAPE_HEX;
> + const char esc[] = "\f\n\r\t\v\a\e\\\"";
> +
> + if (!src)
> + return NULL;
> + slen = strlen(src);
> +
> + dlen = string_escape_mem(src, slen, NULL, 0, flags, esc);
> + dst = kmalloc(dlen + 1, gfp);
> + if (!dst)
> + return NULL;
> +
> + WARN_ON(string_escape_mem(src, slen, dst, dlen, flags, esc) != dlen);
> + dst[dlen] = '\0';
> +
> + return dst;
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kstrdup_quotable);
> --
> 2.6.3