On Sun, Nov 30, 2025 at 01:28:54AM +0000, veygax wrote:
> The refill_buf function uses snprintf to append to a fixed-size buffer.
> snprintf returns the length that would have been written, which can
> exceed the remaining buffer size. If this happens, ptr advances beyond
> the buffer and rem becomes negative. In the 2nd iteration, rem is
> treated as a large unsigned integer, causing snprintf to write oob.
> 
> While this behavior is technically mitigated by num_perfcntrs being
> locked at 5, it's still unsafe if num_perfcntrs were ever to change/a
> second source was added.
> 
> Signed-off-by: veygax <[email protected]>
> ---
>  drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_perf.c | 10 +++++-----
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> 

Reviewed-by: Dmitry Baryshkov <[email protected]>


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With best wishes
Dmitry

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