[lttng-dev] [PATCH lttng-tools] Fix: use strcmp instead of strncmp for full match cases
Mathieu Desnoyers
mathieu.desnoyers at efficios.com
Wed Mar 20 15:31:55 EDT 2019
----- On Mar 20, 2019, at 12:33 PM, Yannick Lamarre ylamarre at efficios.com wrote:
> Except for a single case where the compared string is not ended with
> '\0', strncmp was replaced by strcmp in cases where a full string match
> was required. The exception was fixed with a length comparison prior
> the strncmp call.
I'm worried about the security implications associated with turning
strncmp into strcmp in situations where the input could be controlled
by an attacker.
This should come with a more thorough explanation detailing why this
change is needed, and how comes it does not introduce a security risk,
IOW, what is the scheme used to do input validation before using strcmp
on that input ?
Thanks,
MAthieu
>
> Fixes: #987
> Signed-off-by: Yannick Lamarre <ylamarre at efficios.com>
> ---
> src/bin/lttng-sessiond/agent.c | 3 +--
> src/bin/lttng-sessiond/cmd.c | 2 +-
> src/bin/lttng-sessiond/snapshot.c | 2 +-
> src/bin/lttng-sessiond/ust-registry.c | 2 +-
> src/bin/lttng/commands/add_context.c | 8 ++++----
> src/bin/lttng/commands/create.c | 4 +---
> src/bin/lttng/commands/enable_channels.c | 4 ++--
> src/common/lttng-elf.c | 1 +
> src/common/testpoint/testpoint.c | 4 ++--
> 9 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/src/bin/lttng-sessiond/agent.c b/src/bin/lttng-sessiond/agent.c
> index 3b8acd2a..af65fa9c 100644
> --- a/src/bin/lttng-sessiond/agent.c
> +++ b/src/bin/lttng-sessiond/agent.c
> @@ -149,8 +149,7 @@ static int ht_match_event(struct cds_lfht_node *node,
> }
>
> if (event->filter_expression) {
> - if (strncmp(event->filter_expression, key->filter_expression,
> - strlen(event->filter_expression)) != 0) {
> + if (strcmp(event->filter_expression, key->filter_expression) != 0) {
> goto no_match;
> }
> }
> diff --git a/src/bin/lttng-sessiond/cmd.c b/src/bin/lttng-sessiond/cmd.c
> index d91869fa..52591383 100644
> --- a/src/bin/lttng-sessiond/cmd.c
> +++ b/src/bin/lttng-sessiond/cmd.c
> @@ -2310,7 +2310,7 @@ static int _cmd_enable_event(struct ltt_session *session,
> }
>
> /* The wild card * means that everything should be enabled. */
> - if (strncmp(event->name, "*", 1) == 0 && strlen(event->name) == 1) {
> + if (!strcmp(event->name, "*")) {
> ret = event_agent_enable_all(usess, agt, event, filter,
> filter_expression);
> } else {
> diff --git a/src/bin/lttng-sessiond/snapshot.c
> b/src/bin/lttng-sessiond/snapshot.c
> index 447806bf..db7cfe77 100644
> --- a/src/bin/lttng-sessiond/snapshot.c
> +++ b/src/bin/lttng-sessiond/snapshot.c
> @@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ struct snapshot_output *snapshot_find_output_by_name(const
> char *name,
>
> cds_lfht_for_each_entry(snapshot->output_ht->ht, &iter.iter, output,
> node.node) {
> - if (!strncmp(output->name, name, strlen(name))) {
> + if (!strcmp(output->name, name)) {
> return output;
> }
> }
> diff --git a/src/bin/lttng-sessiond/ust-registry.c
> b/src/bin/lttng-sessiond/ust-registry.c
> index a8db79ea..8045075a 100644
> --- a/src/bin/lttng-sessiond/ust-registry.c
> +++ b/src/bin/lttng-sessiond/ust-registry.c
> @@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ static int ht_match_event(struct cds_lfht_node *node, const
> void *_key)
> key = _key;
>
> /* It has to be a perfect match. First, compare the event names. */
> - if (strncmp(event->name, key->name, sizeof(event->name))) {
> + if (strcmp(event->name, key->name)) {
> goto no_match;
> }
>
> diff --git a/src/bin/lttng/commands/add_context.c
> b/src/bin/lttng/commands/add_context.c
> index 7aef4d50..3fd1ebd0 100644
> --- a/src/bin/lttng/commands/add_context.c
> +++ b/src/bin/lttng/commands/add_context.c
> @@ -885,15 +885,15 @@ int find_ctx_type_perf_raw(const char *ctx, struct
> ctx_type *type)
> cur_list = NULL;
> switch (field_pos) {
> case 0:
> - if (strncmp(next, "perf", 4) != 0) {
> + if (strcmp(next, "perf") != 0) {
> ret = -1;
> goto end;
> }
> break;
> case 1:
> - if (strncmp(next, "cpu", 3) == 0) {
> + if (strcmp(next, "cpu") == 0) {
> type->opt->ctx_type = CONTEXT_PERF_CPU_COUNTER;
> - } else if (strncmp(next, "thread", 4) == 0) {
> + } else if (strcmp(next, "thread") == 0) {
> type->opt->ctx_type = CONTEXT_PERF_THREAD_COUNTER;
> } else {
> ret = -1;
> @@ -901,7 +901,7 @@ int find_ctx_type_perf_raw(const char *ctx, struct ctx_type
> *type)
> }
> break;
> case 2:
> - if (strncmp(next, "raw", 3) != 0) {
> + if (strcmp(next, "raw") != 0) {
> ret = -1;
> goto end;
> }
> diff --git a/src/bin/lttng/commands/create.c b/src/bin/lttng/commands/create.c
> index d2741c37..aea02dd3 100644
> --- a/src/bin/lttng/commands/create.c
> +++ b/src/bin/lttng/commands/create.c
> @@ -264,9 +264,7 @@ static int create_session(void)
> */
> if ((strncmp(opt_session_name, DEFAULT_SESSION_NAME "-",
> strlen(DEFAULT_SESSION_NAME) + 1) == 0) ||
> - (strncmp(opt_session_name, DEFAULT_SESSION_NAME,
> - strlen(DEFAULT_SESSION_NAME)) == 0 &&
> - strlen(opt_session_name) == strlen(DEFAULT_SESSION_NAME))) {
> + (strcmp(opt_session_name, DEFAULT_SESSION_NAME) == 0)) {
> ERR("%s is a reserved keyword for default session(s)",
> DEFAULT_SESSION_NAME);
> ret = CMD_ERROR;
> diff --git a/src/bin/lttng/commands/enable_channels.c
> b/src/bin/lttng/commands/enable_channels.c
> index b4e2942c..52d18bcc 100644
> --- a/src/bin/lttng/commands/enable_channels.c
> +++ b/src/bin/lttng/commands/enable_channels.c
> @@ -210,9 +210,9 @@ static int enable_channel(char *session_name)
>
> /* Setting channel output */
> if (opt_output) {
> - if (!strncmp(output_mmap, opt_output, strlen(output_mmap))) {
> + if (!strcmp(output_mmap, opt_output)) {
> chan_opts.attr.output = LTTNG_EVENT_MMAP;
> - } else if (!strncmp(output_splice, opt_output, strlen(output_splice))) {
> + } else if (!strcmp(output_splice, opt_output)) {
> chan_opts.attr.output = LTTNG_EVENT_SPLICE;
> } else {
> ERR("Unknown output type %s. Possible values are: %s, %s\n",
> diff --git a/src/common/lttng-elf.c b/src/common/lttng-elf.c
> index cd10632c..2487e8bf 100644
> --- a/src/common/lttng-elf.c
> +++ b/src/common/lttng-elf.c
> @@ -975,6 +975,7 @@ int lttng_elf_get_sdt_probe_offsets(int fd, const char
> *provider_name,
> * and go to the next 4 byte alignement.
> */
> if (note_type != NOTE_STAPSDT_TYPE ||
> + name_size != strlen(NOTE_STAPSDT_NAME) ||
> strncmp(curr_data_ptr, NOTE_STAPSDT_NAME, name_size) != 0) {
> continue;
> }
> diff --git a/src/common/testpoint/testpoint.c b/src/common/testpoint/testpoint.c
> index 8ce5b9d2..d94772bb 100644
> --- a/src/common/testpoint/testpoint.c
> +++ b/src/common/testpoint/testpoint.c
> @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
> #define _LGPL_SOURCE
> #include <dlfcn.h> /* for dlsym */
> #include <stdlib.h> /* for getenv */
> -#include <string.h> /* for strncmp */
> +#include <string.h> /* for strcmp */
>
> #include "testpoint.h"
>
> @@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ static void __attribute__((constructor))
> lttng_testpoint_check(void)
>
> testpoint_env_val = getenv(lttng_testpoint_env_var);
> if (testpoint_env_val != NULL
> - && (strncmp(testpoint_env_val, "1", 1) == 0)) {
> + && strcmp(testpoint_env_val, "1") == 0) {
> lttng_testpoint_activated = 1;
> }
> }
> --
> 2.11.0
>
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Mathieu Desnoyers
EfficiOS Inc.
http://www.efficios.com
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