[Suggestion] PowerPC: kernel: memory access violation when rtas_data_buf contents are more than 1026
Chen Gang
gang.chen at asianux.com
Tue Apr 23 11:48:15 EST 2013
On 2013年04月23日 08:31, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
> On Thu, 2013-04-18 at 12:45 +0800, Chen Gang wrote:
>> Hello Maintainers:
>>
>>
>> in arch/powerpc/kernel/lparcfg.c, parse_system_parameter_string()
>>
>> need set '\0' for 'local_buffer'.
>>
>> the reason is:
>> SPLPAR_MAXLENGTH is 1026, RTAS_DATA_BUF_SIZE is 4096
>> the contents of rtas_data_buf may truncated in memcpy (line 301).
>>
>> if contents are truncated.
>> the splpar_strlen is more than 1026 (line 321)
>> the while loop checking will not find the end of buffer (line 326)
>> it will cause memory access violation.
>>
>>
>> I find it by reading code, so please help check.
>
> And a signed-off-by please ?
>
ok, thanks, I should send the related patch.
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Chen Gang
Asianux Corporation
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