From 156c9ebdaca20d9ce428dc189f2b24d2a0ec8eaf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Aruna Balakrishnaiah Date: Thu, 8 Aug 2013 22:34:00 +0530 Subject: [PATCH] powerpc/pseries: Add backward compatibilty to read old kernel oops-log Older kernels has just length information in their header. Handle it while reading old kernel oops log from pstore. Applies on top of powerpc/pseries: Fix buffer overflow when reading from pstore Signed-off-by: Aruna Balakrishnaiah Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt --- arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/nvram.c | 18 ++++++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/nvram.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/nvram.c index 893f360..6a5f2b1 100644 --- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/nvram.c +++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/nvram.c @@ -720,15 +720,25 @@ static ssize_t nvram_pstore_read(u64 *id, enum pstore_type_id *type, if (nvram_type_ids[read_type] == PSTORE_TYPE_DMESG) { int length, unzipped_len; + size_t hdr_size; oops_hdr = (struct oops_log_info *)buff; - length = oops_hdr->report_length; + if (oops_hdr->version < OOPS_HDR_VERSION) { + /* Old format oops header had 2-byte record size */ + hdr_size = sizeof(u16); + length = oops_hdr->version; + time->tv_sec = 0; + time->tv_nsec = 0; + } else { + hdr_size = sizeof(*oops_hdr); + length = oops_hdr->report_length; + time->tv_sec = oops_hdr->timestamp; + time->tv_nsec = 0; + } *buf = kmalloc(length, GFP_KERNEL); if (*buf == NULL) return -ENOMEM; - memcpy(*buf, buff + sizeof(*oops_hdr), length); - time->tv_sec = oops_hdr->timestamp; - time->tv_nsec = 0; + memcpy(*buf, buff + hdr_size, length); kfree(buff); if (err_type == ERR_TYPE_KERNEL_PANIC_GZ) { -- 2.7.4