From: Will Deacon Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2011 10:35:58 +0000 (+0100) Subject: ARM: 7160/1: setup: avoid overflowing {elf,arch}_name from proc_info_list X-Git-Tag: v3.2-rc3~27^2~1 X-Git-Url: https://asedeno.scripts.mit.edu/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=a34dbfb03f472ad3e063d3b1d1e88f7ef8f88bf1;p=linux.git ARM: 7160/1: setup: avoid overflowing {elf,arch}_name from proc_info_list setup_processor copies the arch_name and elf_name fields out of the selected proc_info_list into two fixed size buffers. Since the proc_info_list structure is defined in a proc_*.S assembly file, this can lead to subtle errors if the strings defined there are too long (for example, corrupting the machine ID). This patch uses snprintf instead of sprintf to ensure that these buffers are not overrun. Signed-off-by: Will Deacon Signed-off-by: Russell King --- diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c b/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c index 7e7977ab994f..3448a3f9cc8c 100644 --- a/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c +++ b/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c @@ -461,8 +461,10 @@ static void __init setup_processor(void) cpu_name, read_cpuid_id(), read_cpuid_id() & 15, proc_arch[cpu_architecture()], cr_alignment); - sprintf(init_utsname()->machine, "%s%c", list->arch_name, ENDIANNESS); - sprintf(elf_platform, "%s%c", list->elf_name, ENDIANNESS); + snprintf(init_utsname()->machine, __NEW_UTS_LEN + 1, "%s%c", + list->arch_name, ENDIANNESS); + snprintf(elf_platform, ELF_PLATFORM_SIZE, "%s%c", + list->elf_name, ENDIANNESS); elf_hwcap = list->elf_hwcap; #ifndef CONFIG_ARM_THUMB elf_hwcap &= ~HWCAP_THUMB;