From: Leizhen Zhang <lzsx618@gmail.com>
To: nathan@kernel.org, nsc@kernel.org
Cc: masahiroy@kernel.org, ardb@kernel.org, rostedt@goodmis.org,
hpa@zytor.com, linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Leizhen Zhang <lzsx618@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH v3 4/6] modpost: fix pointer arithmetic on NULL in parse_source_files()
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2026 18:00:01 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261110000003.1719966-5-lzsx618@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261110000003.1719966-1-lzsx618@gmail.com>
parse_source_files() checks whether a dependency is in the same directory
as the object file with
(strstr(line, dir) + strlen(dir) - 1) == strrchr(line, '/')
When the dependency is not below dir, strstr() returns NULL and the
pointer arithmetic on NULL is undefined behaviour. This happens for
every module with dependencies outside its own directory, and UBSan
reports:
scripts/mod/sumversion.c: runtime error: applying non-zero offset
to null pointer
Check the result of strstr() before using it.
The problem was found with UBSan, and the analysis and fix were
prepared with the help of an AI coding assistant; I reviewed and
tested the result.
Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
Signed-off-by: Leizhen Zhang <lzsx618@gmail.com>
---
scripts/mod/sumversion.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/scripts/mod/sumversion.c b/scripts/mod/sumversion.c
index 3dd28b4d0099..4c59e7cfbcbd 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/sumversion.c
+++ b/scripts/mod/sumversion.c
@@ -364,7 +364,8 @@ static int parse_source_files(const char *objfile, struct md4_ctx *md)
}
/* Check if this file is in same dir as objfile */
- if ((strstr(line, dir)+strlen(dir)-1) == strrchr(line, '/')) {
+ p = strstr(line, dir);
+ if (p && p + dirlen - 1 == strrchr(line, '/')) {
if (!parse_file(line, md)) {
warn("could not open %s: %s\n",
line, strerror(errno));
--
2.34.1
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-11-10 0:01 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-11-09 23:59 [PATCH v3 0/6] kbuild: fix UB hit by normal builds in host tools Leizhen Zhang
2026-11-09 23:59 ` [PATCH v3 1/6] genksyms: fix infinite loop on declarations with parameter lists Leizhen Zhang
2026-11-09 23:59 ` [PATCH v3 2/6] kallsyms: do not call qsort() with a NULL table Leizhen Zhang
2026-11-10 0:00 ` [PATCH v3 3/6] modpost: fix handling of short reads in read_text_file() Leizhen Zhang
2026-11-10 0:00 ` Leizhen Zhang [this message]
2026-11-10 0:00 ` [PATCH v3 5/6] sorttable: avoid pointer arithmetic overflow when locating sort_needed Leizhen Zhang
2026-11-10 0:00 ` [PATCH v3 6/6] tools/include: fix signed shift overflow in 32-bit unaligned accessors Leizhen Zhang
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