From: lzhan011 <lzsx618@gmail.com>
To: nathan@kernel.org, nsc@kernel.org
Cc: linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] gen_init_cpio: stop parsing on lines with a missing argument list
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2026 03:57:29 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261005085729.872402-1-lzsx618@gmail.com> (raw)
When a line in the cpio list consists of a file type followed only by
whitespace and no newline (e.g. "slink " as the last line of the file),
strtok(NULL, "\n") returns NULL. main() prints an error and sets ec, but
then carries on and passes the NULL args pointer to the type handler,
which hands it to sscanf() and crashes:
AddressSanitizer: SEGV on unknown address 0x000000000000
#4 __isoc99_sscanf
#5 cpio_mkslink_line usr/gen_init_cpio.c:169
Break out of the loop as is already done for the other format error, so
that the error is reported and gen_init_cpio exits with a failure status.
Found by fuzzing gen_init_cpio built with ASan/UBSan.
Reproducer:
printf 'slink ' > list && usr/gen_init_cpio list
Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-5-5 ASan UBSan
Signed-off-by: lzhan011 <lzsx618@gmail.com>
---
usr/gen_init_cpio.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
diff --git a/usr/gen_init_cpio.c b/usr/gen_init_cpio.c
index b7296edc6..0f0c61ec2 100644
--- a/usr/gen_init_cpio.c
+++ b/usr/gen_init_cpio.c
@@ -756,6 +756,7 @@ int main (int argc, char *argv[])
"ERROR: incorrect format, newline required line %d: '%s'\n",
line_nr, line);
ec = -1;
+ break;
}
for (type_idx = 0; file_handler_table[type_idx].type; type_idx++) {
--
2.34.1
reply other threads:[~2026-10-05 8:57 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: [no followups] expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed
Reply instructions:
You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:
* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
and reply-to-all from there: mbox
Avoid top-posting and favor interleaved quoting:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Interleaved_style
* Reply using the --to, --cc, and --in-reply-to
switches of git-send-email(1):
git send-email \
--in-reply-to=20261005085729.872402-1-lzsx618@gmail.com \
--to=lzsx618@gmail.com \
--cc=linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org \
--cc=linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org \
--cc=nathan@kernel.org \
--cc=nsc@kernel.org \
/path/to/YOUR_REPLY
https://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-send-email.html
* If your mail client supports setting the In-Reply-To header
via mailto: links, try the mailto: link
Be sure your reply has a Subject: header at the top and a blank line
before the message body.
This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox
all inboxes | Powered by JetHome®