Description of problem:

Running pminfo with specific arguments - I'm not sure if the actual code flow isn't influenced by the box pminfo runs on in this case - leads to buffer overflow, and pminfo is killed.

[root@sheep-2 ~]# pminfo -L -K clear -K add,60,/var/lib/pcp/pmdas/linux/pmda_linux.so,linux_init -f network.softnet.cpu_collision network.softnet.dropped network.softnet.flow_limit_count network.softnet.processed network.softnet.received_rps network.softnet.time_squeeze
*** buffer overflow detected ***: pminfo terminated
======= Backtrace: =========
/lib/libc.so.6(__fortify_fail+0x4d)[0x5a9e1d]
/lib/libc.so.6[0x5a7e5a]
/lib/libc.so.6[0x5a710a]
/var/lib/pcp/pmdas/linux/pmda_linux.so(+0x15c6d)[0x670c6d]
/var/lib/pcp/pmdas/linux/pmda_linux.so(+0x9f86)[0x664f86]
/var/lib/pcp/pmdas/linux/pmda_linux.so(+0xa27f)[0x66527f]
/usr/lib/libpcp.so.3(__pmFetchLocal+0x2e3)[0x5c4a263]
/usr/lib/libpcp.so.3(pmFetch+0x3d0)[0x5c22970]
pminfo[0x8049994]
pminfo[0x804a7e1]
/lib/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xe6)[0x4c3d36]
pminfo[0x8048e21]
======= Memory map: ========
...
Aborted (core dumped)
[root@sheep-2 ~]# 


Using gdb to get further:


[root@sheep-2 ~]# gdb pminfo
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Reading symbols from /usr/bin/pminfo...Reading symbols from /usr/lib/debug/usr/bin/pminfo.debug...done.
done.
(gdb) 
(gdb) 
(gdb) 
(gdb) r -L -K clear -K add,60,/var/lib/pcp/pmdas/linux/pmda_linux.so,linux_init -f network.softnet.cpu_collision network.softnet.dropped network.softnet.flow_limit_count network.softnet.processed network.softnet.received_rps network.softnet.time_squeeze
Starting program: /usr/bin/pminfo -L -K clear -K add,60,/var/lib/pcp/pmdas/linux/pmda_linux.so,linux_init -f network.softnet.cpu_collision network.softnet.dropped network.softnet.flow_limit_count network.softnet.processed network.softnet.received_rps network.softnet.time_squeeze
[Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled]
*** buffer overflow detected ***: /usr/bin/pminfo terminated
======= Backtrace: =========
<... snip ... >
Program received signal SIGABRT, Aborted.
0x00110424 in __kernel_vsyscall ()
(gdb) 
(gdb) bt
#0  0x00110424 in __kernel_vsyscall ()
#1  0x004d7871 in raise (sig=6) at ../nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/raise.c:64
#2  0x004d914a in abort () at abort.c:92
#3  0x00517735 in __libc_message (do_abort=2, fmt=0x605290 "*** %s ***: %s terminated\n") at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/libc_fatal.c:198
#4  0x005a9e1d in __fortify_fail (msg=0x605236 "buffer overflow detected") at fortify_fail.c:32
#5  0x005a7e5a in __chk_fail () at chk_fail.c:29
#6  0x005a710a in __strcat_chk (dest=0x134a20 "%08llx %08llx %08llx %08llx %08llx %08llx %08llx %08llx %08llx %08llx %08llx ", src=0x12a314 "%08llx ", destlen=<value optimized out>) at strcat_chk.c:51
#7  0x00126c6d in strcat (proc_net_softnet=0x134280) at /usr/include/bits/string3.h:144
#8  refresh_proc_net_softnet (proc_net_softnet=0x134280) at proc_net_softnet.c:44
#9  0x0011af86 in linux_refresh (pmda=0x804eb60, need_refresh=0xbfffee30, context=0) at pmda.c:4585
#10 0x0011b27f in linux_fetch (numpmid=6, pmidlist=0x805d008, resp=0xbfffefd4, pmda=0x804eb60) at pmda.c:6377
#11 0x05c4a263 in __pmFetchLocal (ctxp=0x804e198, numpmid=6, pmidlist=0x804e130, result=0xbffff1f8) at fetchlocal.c:131
#12 0x05c22970 in pmFetch (numpmid=6, pmidlist=0x804e130, result=0xbffff1f8) at fetch.c:147
#13 0x08049994 in report () at pminfo.c:359
#14 0x0804a7e1 in main (argc=13, argv=0xbffff334) at pminfo.c:692
(gdb) frame 8
#8  refresh_proc_net_softnet (proc_net_softnet=0x134280) at proc_net_softnet.c:44
44                      strcat(fmt, "%08llx ");
(gdb) 

Looking at fmt in refresh_proc_net_softnet() I wonder if it is big enough:

int
refresh_proc_net_softnet(proc_net_softnet_t *proc_net_softnet)
{   
    <... snip ...>
    static char fmt[11*7] = { '\0' };   /* 7 == strlen("%08llx ") */

    if (fmt[0] == '\0') {
        int i;
        /*
         * one trip initialization to decide the correct sscanf format
         * for a uint64_t data type .. needs to be
         * "%08lx %08lx %08lx %08lx %08lx %08lx %08lx %08lx %08lx %08lx %08lx"
         * or
         * "%08llx %08llx %08llx %08llx %08llx %08llx %08llx %08llx %08llx %08llx %08llx"
         */
        fmt[0] = '\0';
        if (strcmp(FMT_INT64, "lld") == 0) {
            for (i = 0; i < 11; i++)
                strcat(fmt, "%08llx "); <=== line 44
        }

According to backtrace (frame #6) fmt contains 11 formatting groups by this time, and I'd say fmt is 1 byte short - 11 * 7 is enough for 11 groups but the last \0 can't fit in. I did some stepping exercise in gdb, and this idea of mine seems to be correct.


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

pcp-3.10.9-2.el6.i686


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