Re: [Outreachy kernel] [PATCH 4/5] gpu: drm: amdgpu: Replace snprintf() with sysfs_emit()

From: Greg KH
Date: Thu Oct 22 2020 - 09:54:21 EST


On Thu, Oct 22, 2020 at 07:17:56PM +0530, Sumera Priyadarsini wrote:
> Using snprintf() for show() methods holds the risk of buffer overrun
> as snprintf() does not know the PAGE_SIZE maximum of the temporary
> buffer used to output sysfs content.
>
> Modify amdgpu_psp.c to use sysfs_emit() instead which knows the
> size of the temporary buffer.
>
> Issue found with Coccinelle.
>
> Signed-off-by: Sumera Priyadarsini <sylphrenadin@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_psp.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_psp.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_psp.c
> index d6c38e24f130..4d1d1e1b005d 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_psp.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_psp.c
> @@ -2621,7 +2621,7 @@ static ssize_t psp_usbc_pd_fw_sysfs_read(struct device *dev,
> return ret;
> }
>
> - return snprintf(buf, PAGE_SIZE, "%x\n", fw_ver);
> + return sysfs_emit(buf, PAGE_SIZE, "%x\n", fw_ver);

Did you build this code? I don't think it is correct...

thanks,

greg k-h