Fix bounds check for idx at freq_to_str(), to actually ensure idx
never goes beyond the last element of the suffixes array.
Reported-by: Coverity (CID 1435957: OVERRUN)
Suggested-by: Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Eduardo Habkost <ehabkost@redhat.com>
---
util/cutils.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/util/cutils.c b/util/cutils.c
index c395974fab..0d9261e1e5 100644
--- a/util/cutils.c
+++ b/util/cutils.c
@@ -891,7 +891,7 @@ char *freq_to_str(uint64_t freq_hz)
double freq = freq_hz;
size_t idx = 0;
- while (freq >= 1000.0 && idx < ARRAY_SIZE(suffixes)) {
+ while (freq >= 1000.0 && idx < ARRAY_SIZE(suffixes) - 1) {
freq /= 1000.0;
idx++;
}
--
2.28.0
On Thu, 29 Oct 2020 at 20:38, Eduardo Habkost <ehabkost@redhat.com> wrote: > > Fix bounds check for idx at freq_to_str(), to actually ensure idx > never goes beyond the last element of the suffixes array. > > Reported-by: Coverity (CID 1435957: OVERRUN) > Suggested-by: Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org> Personally I preferred the other option (remove the idx check from the while loop and assert that idx is in bounds after the loop)... > Signed-off-by: Eduardo Habkost <ehabkost@redhat.com> thanks -- PMM
On 10/29/20 9:38 PM, Eduardo Habkost wrote:
> Fix bounds check for idx at freq_to_str(), to actually ensure idx
> never goes beyond the last element of the suffixes array.
>
> Reported-by: Coverity (CID 1435957: OVERRUN)
> Suggested-by: Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>
> Signed-off-by: Eduardo Habkost <ehabkost@redhat.com>
> ---
> util/cutils.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/util/cutils.c b/util/cutils.c
> index c395974fab..0d9261e1e5 100644
> --- a/util/cutils.c
> +++ b/util/cutils.c
> @@ -891,7 +891,7 @@ char *freq_to_str(uint64_t freq_hz)
> double freq = freq_hz;
> size_t idx = 0;
>
> - while (freq >= 1000.0 && idx < ARRAY_SIZE(suffixes)) {
> + while (freq >= 1000.0 && idx < ARRAY_SIZE(suffixes) - 1) {
This was the first patch I wrote, but thought this wasn't the
simplest way. Probably too tired.
Reviewed-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <philmd@redhat.com>
Thanks.
> freq /= 1000.0;
> idx++;
> }
>
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