[PATCH 13/13] powerpc/nvram: Handle partition names >= 12 chars

benh at kernel.crashing.org benh at kernel.crashing.org
Tue Nov 30 16:47:43 EST 2010


From: Jim Keniston <jkenisto at us.ibm.com>

The name field in the nvram_header can be < 12 chars, null-terminated,
or 12 chars without the null.  Handle this safely.

Signed-off-by: Jim Keniston <jkenisto at us.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh at kernel.crashing.org>
---
 arch/powerpc/kernel/nvram_64.c |    5 +++--
 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/nvram_64.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/nvram_64.c
index b8a50fa..bb12b32 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/nvram_64.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/nvram_64.c
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ struct nvram_header {
 	unsigned char signature;
 	unsigned char checksum;
 	unsigned short length;
+	/* Terminating null required only for names < 12 chars. */
 	char name[12];
 };
 
@@ -201,7 +202,7 @@ static void __init nvram_print_partitions(char * label)
 	printk(KERN_WARNING "--------%s---------\n", label);
 	printk(KERN_WARNING "indx\t\tsig\tchks\tlen\tname\n");
 	list_for_each_entry(tmp_part, &nvram_partitions, partition) {
-		printk(KERN_WARNING "%4d    \t%02x\t%02x\t%d\t%s\n",
+		printk(KERN_WARNING "%4d    \t%02x\t%02x\t%d\t%12s\n",
 		       tmp_part->index, tmp_part->header.signature,
 		       tmp_part->header.checksum, tmp_part->header.length,
 		       tmp_part->header.name);
@@ -256,7 +257,7 @@ int __init nvram_remove_partition(const char *name, int sig)
 
 		/* Make partition a free partition */
 		part->header.signature = NVRAM_SIG_FREE;
-		sprintf(part->header.name, "wwwwwwwwwwww");
+		strncpy(part->header.name, "wwwwwwwwwwww", 12);
 		part->header.checksum = nvram_checksum(&part->header);
 		rc = nvram_write_header(part);
 		if (rc <= 0) {
-- 
1.7.1



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