proc_parse: check that scanf fill the offset var
CID 1168165 (#2 of 2): Untrusted array index read (TAINTED_SCALAR)
40. tainted_data: Using tainted variable "hoff" as an index into an
array "str"
$ man 3 scanf
n Nothing is expected; instead, the number of characters consumed
thus far from the input is stored through the next pointer,
which must be a pointer to int. This is not a conversion,
although it can be suppressed with the * assignment-suppression
character. The C standard says: "Execution of a %n directive
does not increment the assignment count returned at the comple‐
tion of execution" but the Corrigendum seems to contradict this.
Probably it is wise not to make any assumptions on the effect of
%n conversions on the return value.
So it isn't not enough to check a return code from scanf().
Cc: Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@openvz.org>
Signed-off-by:
Andrey Vagin <avagin@openvz.org>
Acked-by:
Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@openvz.org>
Signed-off-by:
Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@parallels.com>
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