[PATCH v3] cpupower: Fix cpuidle_set to accept only numeric values for idle-set operation.

From: Likhitha Korrapati
Date: Fri Jul 14 2023 - 05:40:58 EST


For both the d and e options in 'cpupower idle_set' command, an
atoi() conversion is done without checking if the input argument
is all numeric. So, an atoi conversion is done on any character
provided as input and the CPU idle_set operation continues with
that integer value, which may not be what is intended or entirely
correct.

The output of cpuidle-set before patch is as follows:

[root@xxx cpupower]# cpupower idle-set -e 1$
Idlestate 1 enabled on CPU 0
[snip]
Idlestate 1 enabled on CPU 47

[root@xxx cpupower]# cpupower idle-set -e 11
Idlestate 11 not available on CPU 0
[snip]
Idlestate 11 not available on CPU 47

[root@xxx cpupower]# cpupower idle-set -d 12
Idlestate 12 not available on CPU 0
[snip]
Idlestate 12 not available on CPU 47

[root@xxx cpupower]# cpupower idle-set -d qw
Idlestate 0 disabled on CPU 0
[snip]
Idlestate 0 disabled on CPU 47

This patch adds a check for both d and e options in cpuidle-set.c
to see that the idle_set value is all numeric before doing a
string-to-int conversion using strtol().

The output of cpuidle-set after the patch is as below:

[root@xxx cpupower]# ./cpupower idle-set -e 1$
Bad idle_set value: 1$. Integer expected

[root@xxx cpupower]# ./cpupower idle-set -e 11
Idlestate 11 not available on CPU 0
[snip]
Idlestate 11 not available on CPU 47

[root@xxx cpupower]# ./cpupower idle-set -d 12
Idlestate 12 not available on CPU 0
[snip]
Idlestate 12 not available on CPU 47

[root@xxx cpupower]# ./cpupower idle-set -d qw
Bad idle_set value: qw. Integer expected

Signed-off-by: Brahadambal Srinivasan <latha@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Likhitha Korrapati <likhitha@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Pavithra Prakash <pavrampu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Rick Lindsley <ricklind@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---

** changes since v1 [1] **

- Addressed reviewed comments from v1.
- Slightly reworded the commit for clarity.

** changes since v2 [2] **

- Addressed reviewed comments from v2.

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20210105122452.8687-1-latha@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
[2] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230410121054.61622-1-likhitha@xxxxxxxxxxxxx/

tools/power/cpupower/utils/cpuidle-set.c | 16 +++++++---------
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/power/cpupower/utils/cpuidle-set.c b/tools/power/cpupower/utils/cpuidle-set.c
index 46158928f9ad..a551d1d4ac51 100644
--- a/tools/power/cpupower/utils/cpuidle-set.c
+++ b/tools/power/cpupower/utils/cpuidle-set.c
@@ -41,14 +41,6 @@ int cmd_idle_set(int argc, char **argv)
cont = 0;
break;
case 'd':
- if (param) {
- param = -1;
- cont = 0;
- break;
- }
- param = ret;
- idlestate = atoi(optarg);
- break;
case 'e':
if (param) {
param = -1;
@@ -56,7 +48,13 @@ int cmd_idle_set(int argc, char **argv)
break;
}
param = ret;
- idlestate = atoi(optarg);
+ strtol(optarg, &endptr, 10);
+ if (*endptr != '\0') {
+ printf(_("Bad value: %s, Integer expected\n"), optarg);
+ exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+ } else {
+ idlestate = atoi(optarg);
+ }
break;
case 'D':
if (param) {
--
2.31.1