Patch for 4.1.1. Essentially all that is needed to get rid of this issue is the addition of:
memset(u, 0, sizeof(*u)); after: if (!(u = malloc(sizeof(*u)))) break; Also patched some other situations (strcpy and sprintf uses) that potentially produce the same results. Note: As far as I know strlcpy isn't (yet) available in glibc. Signed-off-by: Jose P Santos <j...@openmailbox.org> --- iproute2-4.1.1/misc/ss.c.orig 2015-07-06 22:57:34.000000000 +0100 +++ iproute2-4.1.1/misc/ss.c 2015-07-21 10:26:45.000000000 +0100 @@ -456,7 +456,10 @@ static void user_ent_hash_build(void) user_ent_hash_build_init = 1; - strcpy(name, root); + /* Avoid buffer overrun if input size from PROC_ROOT > name */ + memset(name, 0, sizeof(name)); + strncpy(name, root, sizeof(name)-2); + if (strlen(name) == 0 || name[strlen(name)-1] != '/') strcat(name, "/"); @@ -480,7 +483,7 @@ static void user_ent_hash_build(void) if (getpidcon(pid, &pid_context) != 0) pid_context = strdup(no_ctx); - sprintf(name + nameoff, "%d/fd/", pid); + snprintf(name + nameoff, sizeof(name) - nameoff, "%d/fd/", pid); pos = strlen(name); if ((dir1 = opendir(name)) == NULL) continue; @@ -499,7 +502,7 @@ static void user_ent_hash_build(void) if (sscanf(d1->d_name, "%d%c", &fd, &crap) != 1) continue; - sprintf(name+pos, "%d", fd); + snprintf(name+pos, sizeof(name) - pos, "%d", fd); link_len = readlink(name, lnk, sizeof(lnk)-1); if (link_len == -1) @@ -2722,6 +2725,11 @@ static int unix_show(struct filter *f) if (!(u = malloc(sizeof(*u)))) break; + /* Zero initialization of 'u' struct avoids a segfault + * when freeing memory 'free(name)' at 'unix_list_free()'. + */ + memset(u, 0, sizeof(*u)); + if (sscanf(buf, "%x: %x %x %x %x %x %d %s", &u->rport, &u->rq, &u->wq, &flags, &u->type, &u->state, &u->ino, name) < 8) @@ -3064,11 +3072,13 @@ static int netlink_show_one(struct filte strncpy(procname, "kernel", 6); } else if (pid > 0) { FILE *fp; - sprintf(procname, "%s/%d/stat", + snprintf(procname, sizeof(procname), "%s/%d/stat", getenv("PROC_ROOT") ? : "/proc", pid); if ((fp = fopen(procname, "r")) != NULL) { if (fscanf(fp, "%*d (%[^)])", procname) == 1) { - sprintf(procname+strlen(procname), "/%d", pid); + snprintf(procname+strlen(procname), + sizeof(procname)-strlen(procname), + "/%d", pid); done = 1; } fclose(fp); On 2015-07-20 20:09, Stephen Hemminger wrote: > Patches are always appreciated and this looks like a real bug. > But before I can accept it there are a couple of small > changes needed. > > 1. There is no need to check for NULL when calling free(). > Glibc free is documented to accept NULL as a valid request > and do nothing. > > 2. Please add a Signed-off-by: line with a real name. > Signed-off-by has legal meaning for the Developer's Certificate of Origin > see kernel documentation if you need more explaination. > > 3. Although what you found is important, giving a full paragraph > of personal comment about it is not required. The point is software > should read like one source independent of who the authors are. > Your comment is basically just justifying using strncpy. > > 4. Rather than strncpy() which has issues with maximal sized strings > consider using strlcpy() instead. > > 5. Iproute2 uses kernel identation and style, consider running checkpatch > on your changes. > > Please fixup and resubmit to netdev. > > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html