Bug 1927938 - There is an inconsequential (to date) 1 byte buffer overflow in vdo user tools.
Summary: There is an inconsequential (to date) 1 byte buffer overflow in vdo user tools.
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Classification: Red Hat
Component: vdo
Version: 8.1
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
unspecified
low
Target Milestone: rc
: 8.0
Assignee: corwin
QA Contact: Filip Suba
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2021-02-11 21:31 UTC by corwin
Modified: 2021-11-10 06:37 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

Fixed In Version: vdo-6.2.5.41-14.el8
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Last Closed: 2021-11-09 19:28:28 UTC
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Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2021:4359 0 None None None 2021-11-09 19:28:38 UTC

Description corwin 2021-02-11 21:31:31 UTC 
Description of problem:

When setting up for file based access to a VDO's backing device, the file name is copied into a buffer via strcpy(). That buffer is allocated 1 byte too small to contain the terminating \0.

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


How reproducible:
100%

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Run any VDO user tool under valgrind.

Actual results:
Valgrind reports: "Invalid write of size 1"

Expected results:
Valgrind does not report any invalid writes.

Additional info:
To date, we have seen no consequences from this issue.
Comment 5 Filip Suba 2021-07-30 09:01:27 UTC 
Verified with vdo-6.2.5.41-14.el8.
Comment 8 errata-xmlrpc 2021-11-09 19:28:28 UTC 
Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory (kmod-kvdo bug fix and enhancement update), and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2021:4359
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