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Subject[PATCH 3/4] leds: leds-lp5521: fix potential buffer overflow
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The code doesn't check first sscanf() return value.
If first sscanf() failed then c contains some garbage.
It might lead to buffer overflow in second sscanf() call.

Signed-off-by: Vasiliy Kulikov <segoon@openwall.com>
---
Compile tested.

drivers/leds/leds-lp5521.c | 2 ++
1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/leds/leds-lp5521.c b/drivers/leds/leds-lp5521.c
index 3782f31..939319d 100644
--- a/drivers/leds/leds-lp5521.c
+++ b/drivers/leds/leds-lp5521.c
@@ -362,6 +362,8 @@ static int lp5521_do_store_load(struct lp5521_engine *engine,
while ((offset < len - 1) && (i < LP5521_PROGRAM_LENGTH)) {
/* separate sscanfs because length is working only for %s */
ret = sscanf(buf + offset, "%2s%n ", c, &nrchars);
+ if (ret != 2)
+ goto fail;
ret = sscanf(c, "%2x", &cmd);
if (ret != 1)
goto fail;
--
1.7.0.4


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