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From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
To: Dominik Brodowski <linux@dominikbrodowski.net>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org,
	x86@kernel.org, shuah@kernel.org,
	Andrew Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/5] selftests/x86: fix vDSO selftest segfault for vsyscall=none
Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2018 12:21:53 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20180211112153.f2ni5mcuut6f6zvq@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20180211111013.16888-3-linux@dominikbrodowski.net>


* Dominik Brodowski <linux@dominikbrodowski.net> wrote:

> +		char name[128];
> +		if (sscanf(line, "%p-%p %c-%cp %*x %*x:%*x %*u %s",
> +			   &start, &end, &r, &x, name) != 5)

So that's a buffer overflow waiting to happen, if a line in 'maps' gets too large, 
right?

Thanks,

	Ingo

  reply	other threads:[~2018-02-11 11:21 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2018-02-11 11:10 [PATCH 0/5] selftests/x86: fixes for !CONFIG_IA32_EMULATION and vsyscall=none Dominik Brodowski
2018-02-11 11:10 ` [PATCH 1/5] selftests/x86: 5lvl test has been moved Dominik Brodowski
2018-02-11 12:13   ` [tip:x86/urgent] selftests/x86: Fix build bug caused by the 5lvl test which has been moved to the VM directory tip-bot for Dominik Brodowski
2018-02-13  9:05   ` [tip:x86/pti] " tip-bot for Dominik Brodowski
2018-02-11 11:10 ` [PATCH 2/5] selftests/x86: fix vDSO selftest segfault for vsyscall=none Dominik Brodowski
2018-02-11 11:21   ` Ingo Molnar [this message]
2018-02-11 12:17     ` Dominik Brodowski
2018-02-11 13:00       ` Dominik Brodowski
2018-02-11 18:24         ` Ingo Molnar
2018-02-11 20:59           ` [PATCH] selftests/x86: clarify that there is no buffer overflow on sscanf usage Dominik Brodowski
2018-02-12 17:58             ` Shuah Khan
2018-02-13  9:04             ` [tip:x86/pti] selftests/x86: Clean up and document sscanf() usage tip-bot for Dominik Brodowski
2018-02-13  9:04   ` [tip:x86/pti] selftests/x86: Fix vDSO selftest segfault for vsyscall=none tip-bot for Dominik Brodowski
2018-02-11 11:10 ` [PATCH 3/5] selftests/x86: do not rely on int $0x80 in test_mremap_vdso.c Dominik Brodowski
2018-02-11 12:13   ` [tip:x86/urgent] selftests/x86: Do not rely on "int $0x80" " tip-bot for Dominik Brodowski
2018-02-13  9:06   ` [tip:x86/pti] " tip-bot for Dominik Brodowski
2018-02-11 11:10 ` [PATCH 4/5] selftests/x86: do not rely on int $0x80 in single_step_syscall.c Dominik Brodowski
2018-02-11 12:14   ` [tip:x86/urgent] selftests/x86: Do not rely on "int $0x80" " tip-bot for Dominik Brodowski
2018-02-13  9:06   ` [tip:x86/pti] " tip-bot for Ingo Molnar
2018-02-15  0:25   ` tip-bot for Dominik Brodowski
2018-02-11 11:10 ` [PATCH 5/5] selftests/x86: disable tests requiring 32bit support on pure 64bit systems Dominik Brodowski
2018-02-11 12:14   ` [tip:x86/urgent] selftests/x86: Disable tests requiring 32-bit support on pure 64-bit systems tip-bot for Dominik Brodowski
2018-02-13  9:07   ` [tip:x86/pti] " tip-bot for Ingo Molnar
2018-02-15  0:25   ` tip-bot for Dominik Brodowski

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