If the core_pattern (proc/sys/core_pattern) is set to an empty string
a core dump is still made but to a file with a filename set by an
uninitialized buffer in format_corename(). This patch fixes the use of the
uninitialized buffer and also aborts the core dump with a warning message
when core_pattern is set to an empty string.
Tested and developed against 3.11-rc2
Signed-off-by: Daniel Nilsson <dan...@dnil.se>
---
fs/coredump.c | 12 ++++++++++++
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)
diff --git a/fs/coredump.c b/fs/coredump.c
index 72f816d..5035402 100644
--- a/fs/coredump.c
+++ b/fs/coredump.c
@@ -170,6 +170,11 @@ static int format_corename(struct core_name *cn, struct
coredump_params *cprm)
if (ispipe)
++pat_ptr;
+ if (*pat_ptr == '\0') {
+ err = cn_printf(cn, "");
+ goto out;
+ }
+
/* Repeat as long as we have more pattern to process and more output
space */
while (*pat_ptr) {
@@ -617,6 +622,13 @@ void do_coredump(siginfo_t *siginfo)
goto fail_unlock;
}
+ if (cn.corename[0] == '\0') {
+ printk(KERN_WARNING
+ "core_pattern contains an empty string!\n");
+ printk(KERN_WARNING "Skipping core dump\n");
+ goto fail_unlock;
+ }
+
cprm.file = filp_open(cn.corename,
O_CREAT | 2 | O_NOFOLLOW | O_LARGEFILE | flag,
0600);
--
1.7.9.5
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