From: moonafterrain@outlook.com
To: Jaroslav Kysela <perex@perex.cz>, Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.com>
Cc: linux-sound@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
stable@vger.kernel.org, Yuhao Jiang <danisjiang@gmail.com>,
Junrui Luo <moonafterrain@outlook.com>
Subject: [PATCH] ALSA: wavefront: fix buffer overflow in longname construction
Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2025 00:26:43 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <ME2PR01MB3156CEC4F31F253C9B540FB7AFFDA@ME2PR01MB3156.ausprd01.prod.outlook.com> (raw)
From: Junrui Luo <moonafterrain@outlook.com>
The snd_wavefront_probe() function constructs the card->longname string
using unsafe sprintf() calls that can overflow the 80-byte buffer when
module parameters contain large values.
The vulnerability exists at wavefront.c where multiple sprintf()
operations append to card->longname without length checking.
Fix by replacing all sprintf() calls with scnprintf() and proper length
tracking to ensure writes never exceed sizeof(card->longname).
Reported-by: Yuhao Jiang <danisjiang@gmail.com>
Reported-by: Junrui Luo <moonafterrain@outlook.com>
Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Junrui Luo <moonafterrain@outlook.com>
---
sound/isa/wavefront/wavefront.c | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++-------------
1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
diff --git a/sound/isa/wavefront/wavefront.c b/sound/isa/wavefront/wavefront.c
index 07c68568091d..74ea3a67620c 100644
--- a/sound/isa/wavefront/wavefront.c
+++ b/sound/isa/wavefront/wavefront.c
@@ -343,6 +343,7 @@ snd_wavefront_probe (struct snd_card *card, int dev)
struct snd_rawmidi *ics2115_external_rmidi = NULL;
struct snd_hwdep *fx_processor;
int hw_dev = 0, midi_dev = 0, err;
+ size_t len, rem;
/* --------- PCM --------------- */
@@ -492,26 +493,35 @@ snd_wavefront_probe (struct snd_card *card, int dev)
length restrictions
*/
- sprintf(card->longname, "%s PCM 0x%lx irq %d dma %d",
- card->driver,
- chip->port,
- cs4232_pcm_irq[dev],
- dma1[dev]);
+ len = scnprintf(card->longname, sizeof(card->longname),
+ "%s PCM 0x%lx irq %d dma %d",
+ card->driver,
+ chip->port,
+ cs4232_pcm_irq[dev],
+ dma1[dev]);
- if (dma2[dev] >= 0 && dma2[dev] < 8)
- sprintf(card->longname + strlen(card->longname), "&%d", dma2[dev]);
+ if (dma2[dev] >= 0 && dma2[dev] < 8 && len < sizeof(card->longname)) {
+ rem = sizeof(card->longname) - len;
+ len += scnprintf(card->longname + len, rem, "&%d", dma2[dev]);
+ }
if (cs4232_mpu_port[dev] > 0 && cs4232_mpu_port[dev] != SNDRV_AUTO_PORT) {
- sprintf (card->longname + strlen (card->longname),
- " MPU-401 0x%lx irq %d",
- cs4232_mpu_port[dev],
- cs4232_mpu_irq[dev]);
+ if (len < sizeof(card->longname)) {
+ rem = sizeof(card->longname) - len;
+ len += scnprintf(card->longname + len, rem,
+ " MPU-401 0x%lx irq %d",
+ cs4232_mpu_port[dev],
+ cs4232_mpu_irq[dev]);
+ }
}
- sprintf (card->longname + strlen (card->longname),
- " SYNTH 0x%lx irq %d",
- ics2115_port[dev],
- ics2115_irq[dev]);
+ if (len < sizeof(card->longname)) {
+ rem = sizeof(card->longname) - len;
+ scnprintf(card->longname + len, rem,
+ " SYNTH 0x%lx irq %d",
+ ics2115_port[dev],
+ ics2115_irq[dev]);
+ }
return snd_card_register(card);
}
--
2.51.1.dirty
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2025-10-28 16:26 moonafterrain [this message]
2025-10-28 16:46 ` Takashi Iwai
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