[PATCH v4] kobject: Fix global-out-of-bounds in kobject_action_type()

[Xia Fukun]

The following c language code can trigger KASAN's global variable
out-of-bounds access error in kobject_action_type():

int main() {
    int fd;
    char *filename = "/sys/block/ram12/uevent";
    char str[86] = "offline";
    int len = 86;

    fd = open(filename, O_WRONLY);
    if (fd == -1) {
        printf("open");
        exit(1);
    }

    if (write(fd, str, len) == -1) {
        printf("write");
        exit(1);
    }

    close(fd);
    return 0;
}

Function kobject_action_type() receives the input parameters buf and count,
where count is the length of the string buf.

In the use case we provided, count is 86, the count_first is 85.
Buf points to a string with a length of 86, and its first seven
characters are "offline".
In line 87 of the code, kobject_actions[action] is the string "offline"
with the length of 7,an out-of-boundary access will appear:

kobject_actions[action][85].

Use sysfs_match_string() to replace the fragile and convoluted loop.
This function is well-tested for parsing sysfs inputs. Moreover, this
modification will not cause any functional changes.

Fixes: f36776fafbaa ("kobject: support passing in variables for synthetic uevents")
Signed-off-by: Xia Fukun <xiafukun@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
v3 -> v4:
- refactor the function to be more obviously correct and readable

v2 -> v3:
- only declare that it is the latest version of the patch, no change

v1 -> v2:
- modify the matching logic

 lib/kobject_uevent.c | 27 +++++++++++++++------------
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/kobject_uevent.c b/lib/kobject_uevent.c
index 7c44b7ae4c5c..59f835f5f870 100644
--- a/lib/kobject_uevent.c
+++ b/lib/kobject_uevent.c
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ static int kobject_action_type(const char *buf, size_t count,
 	enum kobject_action action;
 	size_t count_first;
 	const char *args_start;
-	int ret = -EINVAL;
+	int i, ret = -EINVAL;
 
 	if (count && (buf[count-1] == '\n' || buf[count-1] == '\0'))
 		count--;
@@ -81,17 +81,20 @@ static int kobject_action_type(const char *buf, size_t count,
 	} else
 		count_first = count;
 
-	for (action = 0; action < ARRAY_SIZE(kobject_actions); action++) {
-		if (strncmp(kobject_actions[action], buf, count_first) != 0)
-			continue;
-		if (kobject_actions[action][count_first] != '\0')
-			continue;
-		if (args)
-			*args = args_start;
-		*type = action;
-		ret = 0;
-		break;
-	}
+	/* Use sysfs_match_string() to replace the fragile and convoluted loop */
+	i = sysfs_match_string(kobject_actions, buf);
+
+	if (i < 0)
+		return ret;
+
+	action = kobject_action(i);
+
+	if (args)
+		*args = args_start;
+
+	*type = action;
+	ret = 0;
+
 out:
 	return ret;
 }
-- 
2.17.1