On Wed, Dec 24, 2025 at 12:44:22PM +0000, veygax wrote:
> From: Evan Lambert <[email protected]>
> 
> 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: Evan Lambert <[email protected]>
> ---
> v2: Use real name in Signed-off-by as requested by Dmitry Baryshkov.

Thanks!


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



> 
>  drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_perf.c | 10 +++++-----
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> 

-- 
With best wishes
Dmitry

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