linux/kernel
Petr Mladek f40e4b9f70 printk: ignore too long messages
There was no check for too long messages.  The check for free space always
passed when first_seq and next_seq were equal.  Enough free space was not
guaranteed, though.

log_store() might be called to store messages up to 64kB + 64kB + 16B.
This is sum of maximal text_len, dict_len values, and the size of the
structure printk_log.

On the other hand, the minimal size for the main log buffer currently is
4kB and it is enforced only by Kconfig.

The good news is that the usage looks safe right now.  log_store() is
called only from vprintk_emit() and cont_flush().  Here the "text" part is
always passed via a static buffer and the length is limited to
LOG_LINE_MAX which is 1024.  The "dict" part is NULL in most cases.  The
only exceptions is when vprintk_emit() is called from printk_emit() and
dev_vprintk_emit().  But printk_emit() is currently used only in
devkmsg_writev() and here "dict" is NULL as well.  In dev_vprintk_emit(),
"dict" is limited by the static buffer "hdr" of the size 128 bytes.  It
meas that the current maximal printed text is 1024B + 128B + 16B and it
always fit the log buffer.

But it is only matter of time when someone calls printk_emit() with unsafe
parameters, especially the "dict" one.

This patch adds a check for the free space when the buffer is empty.  It
reuses the already existing log_has_space() function but it has to add an
extra parameter.  It defines whether the buffer is empty.  Note that the
same values of "first_idx" and "next_idx" might also mean that the buffer
is full.

If the buffer is empty, we must respect the current position of the
indexes.  We cannot reset them to the beginning of the buffer.  Otherwise,
the functions reading the buffer would get crazy.

The question is what to do when the message is too long.  This patch uses
the easiest solution and just ignores the problematic message.  Let's do
something better in a followup patch.

Signed-off-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.cz>
Cc: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Cc: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>
Cc: Kay Sievers <kay@vrfy.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2014-06-04 16:54:16 -07:00
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debug arch: Mass conversion of smp_mb__*() 2014-04-18 14:20:48 +02:00
events Merge branch 'perf-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip into next 2014-06-03 13:18:00 -07:00
gcov
irq genirq: x86: Ensure that dynamic irq allocation does not conflict 2014-04-28 12:20:00 +02:00
locking Merge branch 'sched-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip into next 2014-06-03 14:00:15 -07:00
power Merge branches 'pnp', 'powercap', 'pm-runtime' and 'pm-opp' 2014-06-03 23:13:00 +02:00
printk printk: ignore too long messages 2014-06-04 16:54:16 -07:00
rcu Merge branch 'locking-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip into next 2014-06-03 12:57:53 -07:00
sched Merge branch 'pm-cpuidle' 2014-06-03 23:10:15 +02:00
time tick-sched: Check tick_nohz_enabled in tick_nohz_switch_to_nohz() 2014-04-15 20:26:58 +02:00
trace tracing: Use rcu_dereference_sched() for trace event triggers 2014-05-02 23:12:42 -04:00
.gitignore Ignore generated file kernel/x509_certificate_list 2013-12-10 18:21:34 +00:00
acct.c
async.c
audit_tree.c inotify: Fix reporting of cookies for inotify events 2014-02-18 11:17:17 +01:00
audit_watch.c inotify: Fix reporting of cookies for inotify events 2014-02-18 11:17:17 +01:00
audit.c net: Use netlink_ns_capable to verify the permisions of netlink messages 2014-04-24 13:44:54 -04:00
audit.h audit: Use struct net not pid_t to remember the network namespce to reply in 2014-03-20 10:10:53 -04:00
auditfilter.c Merge git://git.infradead.org/users/eparis/audit 2014-04-12 12:38:53 -07:00
auditsc.c Merge git://git.infradead.org/users/eparis/audit 2014-04-12 12:38:53 -07:00
backtracetest.c kernel/backtracetest.c: replace no level printk by pr_info() 2014-06-04 16:54:14 -07:00
bounds.c mm: do not allocate page->ptl dynamically, if spinlock_t fits to long 2013-12-20 12:25:45 -08:00
capability.c kernel/capability.c: code clean-up 2014-06-04 16:54:15 -07:00
cgroup_freezer.c cgroup: fix rcu_read_lock() leak in update_if_frozen() 2014-05-13 11:28:30 -04:00
cgroup.c kernfs: move the last knowledge of sysfs out from kernfs 2014-05-27 14:33:17 -07:00
compat.c Merge branch 'x86-x32-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2014-04-02 12:51:41 -07:00
configs.c
context_tracking.c asmlinkage: Add explicit __visible to drivers/*, lib/*, kernel/* 2014-05-05 16:07:46 -07:00
cpu_pm.c
cpu.c kernel/cpu.c: convert printk to pr_foo() 2014-06-04 16:54:14 -07:00
cpuset.c mm: page_alloc: use jump labels to avoid checking number_of_cpusets 2014-06-04 16:54:08 -07:00
crash_dump.c
cred.c
delayacct.c
dma.c
elfcore.c
exec_domain.c kernel/exec_domain.c: code clean-up 2014-06-04 16:54:15 -07:00
exit.c memcg: optimize the "Search everything else" loop in mm_update_next_owner() 2014-06-04 16:54:03 -07:00
extable.c asmlinkage: Make main_extable_sort_needed visible 2014-02-13 18:13:22 -08:00
fork.c memcg: kill CONFIG_MM_OWNER 2014-06-04 16:54:01 -07:00
freezer.c libata, freezer: avoid block device removal while system is frozen 2013-12-19 13:50:32 -05:00
futex_compat.c compat: Get rid of (get|put)_compat_time(val|spec) 2014-02-02 14:09:12 -08:00
futex.c Merge branch 'locking-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip into next 2014-06-03 12:57:53 -07:00
groups.c kernel/groups.c: remove return value of set_groups 2014-04-03 16:21:05 -07:00
hrtimer.c Merge branch 'perf-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip into next 2014-06-03 13:18:00 -07:00
hung_task.c kernel/hung_task.c: convert simple_strtoul to kstrtouint 2014-06-04 16:54:15 -07:00
irq_work.c perf/x86: Warn to early_printk() in case irq_work is too slow 2014-02-21 21:49:07 +01:00
itimer.c
jump_label.c
kallsyms.c kernel: use macros from compiler.h instead of __attribute__((...)) 2014-04-07 16:36:11 -07:00
kcmp.c
Kconfig.freezer
Kconfig.hz
Kconfig.locks
Kconfig.preempt
kexec.c powerpc, kexec: Fix "Processor X is stuck" issue during kexec from ST mode 2014-05-28 13:24:26 +10:00
kmod.c arch: Mass conversion of smp_mb__*() 2014-04-18 14:20:48 +02:00
kprobes.c
ksysfs.c kobject: Make support for uevent_helper optional. 2014-04-25 12:00:49 -07:00
kthread.c kthread: fix return value of kthread_create() upon SIGKILL. 2014-06-04 16:53:51 -07:00
latencytop.c kernel/latencytop.c: convert seq_printf to seq_puts 2014-06-04 16:54:15 -07:00
Makefile Merge branch 'x86-asmlinkage-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2014-03-31 14:13:25 -07:00
module_signing.c
module-internal.h
module.c Fixed one missing place for the new taint flag, and remove a warning 2014-05-01 10:35:01 -07:00
notifier.c notifier: Substitute rcu_access_pointer() for rcu_dereference_raw() 2014-02-26 06:35:13 -08:00
nsproxy.c
padata.c
panic.c kernel/panic.c: display reason at end + pr_emerg 2014-04-07 16:36:08 -07:00
params.c
pid_namespace.c pid_namespace: pidns_get() should check task_active_pid_ns() != NULL 2014-04-02 16:20:21 -07:00
pid.c
posix-cpu-timers.c posix-timers: Convert abuses of BUG_ON to WARN_ON 2013-12-09 16:56:29 +01:00
posix-timers.c
profile.c CPU hotplug notifiers registration fixes for 3.15-rc1 2014-04-07 14:55:46 -07:00
ptrace.c kernel/compat: convert to COMPAT_SYSCALL_DEFINE 2014-03-06 15:35:10 +01:00
range.c
reboot.c kernel/reboot.c: convert simple_strtoul to kstrtoint 2014-06-04 16:54:15 -07:00
relay.c Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2014-04-12 14:49:50 -07:00
res_counter.c kernel/res_counter.c: replace simple_strtoull by kstrtoull 2014-06-04 16:54:15 -07:00
resource.c resources: Clarify sanity check message 2014-05-23 10:47:21 -06:00
seccomp.c seccomp: fix memory leak on filter attach 2014-04-16 15:25:53 -04:00
signal.c sys_sgetmask/sys_ssetmask: add CONFIG_SGETMASK_SYSCALL 2014-06-04 16:54:14 -07:00
smp.c smp: Rename __smp_call_function_single() to smp_call_function_single_async() 2014-02-24 14:47:15 -08:00
smpboot.c
smpboot.h
softirq.c Merge branch 'rcu/next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulmck/linux-rcu into core/rcu 2014-05-22 11:36:10 +02:00
stacktrace.c
stop_machine.c kernel/stop_machine.c: kernel-doc warning fix 2014-06-04 16:54:15 -07:00
sys_ni.c sys_sgetmask/sys_ssetmask: add CONFIG_SGETMASK_SYSCALL 2014-06-04 16:54:14 -07:00
sys.c sched: Consolidate open coded implementations of nice level frobbing into nice_to_rlimit() and rlimit_to_nice() 2014-05-22 11:16:36 +02:00
sysctl_binary.c
sysctl.c kobject: Make support for uevent_helper optional. 2014-04-25 12:00:49 -07:00
system_certificates.S KEYS: correct alignment of system_certificate_list content in assembly file 2013-12-10 18:25:28 +00:00
system_keyring.c KEYS: correct alignment of system_certificate_list content in assembly file 2013-12-10 18:25:28 +00:00
task_work.c
taskstats.c
test_kprobes.c
time.c
timeconst.bc
timer.c timer: Prevent overflow in apply_slack 2014-04-30 13:46:17 +02:00
torture.c torture: Remove __init from torture_init_begin/end 2014-05-14 09:46:30 -07:00
tracepoint.c kernel/tracepoint.c: kernel-doc fixes 2014-06-04 16:54:15 -07:00
tsacct.c
uid16.c
up.c smp: Rename __smp_call_function_single() to smp_call_function_single_async() 2014-02-24 14:47:15 -08:00
user_namespace.c user namespace: fix incorrect memory barriers 2014-04-14 16:03:02 -07:00
user-return-notifier.c
user.c kernel/user.c: drop unused field 'files' from user_struct 2014-06-04 16:54:16 -07:00
utsname_sysctl.c kernel/utsname_sysctl.c: replace obsolete __initcall by device_initcall 2014-06-04 16:54:15 -07:00
utsname.c
watchdog.c kernel/watchdog.c:touch_softlockup_watchdog(): use raw_cpu_write() 2014-04-18 16:40:08 -07:00
workqueue_internal.h
workqueue.c Linux 3.15-rc6 2014-05-22 10:28:56 +02:00