usb/138559: [usb8] uether sysctl handler doesn't NUL-terminate the string

Bruce Cran bruce at cran.org.uk
Sat Sep 5 22:20:04 UTC 2009


>Number:         138559
>Category:       usb
>Synopsis:       [usb8] uether sysctl handler doesn't NUL-terminate the string
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-usb
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Sat Sep 05 22:20:03 UTC 2009
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Bruce Cran
>Release:        8.0-BETA3
>Organization:
>Environment:
FreeBSD gluon.draftnet 8.0-BETA3 FreeBSD 8.0-BETA3 #1: Fri Sep  4 09:20:32 BST 2009     brucec at gluon.draftnet:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC  i386
>Description:
The sysctl handler in sys/dev/usb/net/usb_ethernet.c line 143 doesn't NUL-terminate the sysctl string returned to the user because it passes the length as "strlen(name)" instead of "strlen(name)+1".
>How-To-Repeat:

>Fix:


Patch attached with submission follows:

--- usb_ethernet.c.orig	2009-09-05 21:35:09.000000000 +0100
+++ usb_ethernet.c	2009-09-05 21:36:18.000000000 +0100
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@
 	const char *name;
 
 	name = device_get_nameunit(ue->ue_dev);
-	return SYSCTL_OUT(req, name, strlen(name));
+	return SYSCTL_OUT(req, name, strlen(name) + 1);
 }
 
 int


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