[PATCH] apparmor: replace sprintf with snprintf in aa_new_learning_profile
Thorsten Blum
thorsten.blum at linux.dev
Wed Oct 22 09:37:18 UTC 2025
Replace unbounded sprintf() calls with snprintf() to prevent potential
buffer overflows in aa_new_learning_profile(). While the current code
works correctly, snprintf() is safer and follows secure coding best
practices. No functional changes.
Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum at linux.dev>
---
security/apparmor/policy.c | 15 +++++++++------
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/security/apparmor/policy.c b/security/apparmor/policy.c
index 50d5345ff5cb..b09323867fea 100644
--- a/security/apparmor/policy.c
+++ b/security/apparmor/policy.c
@@ -697,24 +697,27 @@ struct aa_profile *aa_new_learning_profile(struct aa_profile *parent, bool hat,
struct aa_profile *p, *profile;
const char *bname;
char *name = NULL;
+ size_t name_sz;
AA_BUG(!parent);
if (base) {
- name = kmalloc(strlen(parent->base.hname) + 8 + strlen(base),
- gfp);
+ name_sz = strlen(parent->base.hname) + 8 + strlen(base);
+ name = kmalloc(name_sz, gfp);
if (name) {
- sprintf(name, "%s//null-%s", parent->base.hname, base);
+ snprintf(name, name_sz, "%s//null-%s",
+ parent->base.hname, base);
goto name;
}
/* fall through to try shorter uniq */
}
- name = kmalloc(strlen(parent->base.hname) + 2 + 7 + 8, gfp);
+ name_sz = strlen(parent->base.hname) + 2 + 7 + 8;
+ name = kmalloc(name_sz, gfp);
if (!name)
return NULL;
- sprintf(name, "%s//null-%x", parent->base.hname,
- atomic_inc_return(&parent->ns->uniq_null));
+ snprintf(name, name_sz, "%s//null-%x", parent->base.hname,
+ atomic_inc_return(&parent->ns->uniq_null));
name:
/* lookup to see if this is a dup creation */
--
2.51.0
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