init: stricter checking of major:minor root= values
authorDan Ehrenberg <dehrenberg@chromium.org>
Tue, 10 Feb 2015 23:20:50 +0000 (15:20 -0800)
committerMike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com>
Wed, 15 Apr 2015 16:10:19 +0000 (12:10 -0400)
In the kernel command-line, previously, root=1:2jakshflaksjdhfa would
be accepted and interpreted just like root=1:2. This patch adds
stricter checking so that additional characters after major:minor are
rejected by root=.

The goal of this change is to help in unifying DM's interpretation of
its block device argument by using existing kernel code (name_to_dev_t).
But DM rejects malformed major:minor pairs, it seems reasonable for
root= to reject them as well.

Signed-off-by: Dan Ehrenberg <dehrenberg@chromium.org>
Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com>
init/do_mounts.c

index c16adfbe4ad65a09eaea6e55bb3cbf370743aa9c..8369ffa5f33db24a12703ce74eb7ac437ada96f9 100644 (file)
@@ -226,8 +226,9 @@ dev_t name_to_dev_t(const char *name)
 
        if (strncmp(name, "/dev/", 5) != 0) {
                unsigned maj, min;
+               char dummy;
 
-               if (sscanf(name, "%u:%u", &maj, &min) == 2) {
+               if (sscanf(name, "%u:%u%c", &maj, &min, &dummy) == 2) {
                        res = MKDEV(maj, min);
                        if (maj != MAJOR(res) || min != MINOR(res))
                                goto fail;