[PATCH v3 01/14] drm/panic: Do not use un-escaped URL as format string
Jocelyn Falempe
jfalempe at redhat.com
Mon Sep 7 14:00:54 PDT 2026
On 9/2/26 14:13, Thomas Zimmermann wrote:
> Replace the direct use of DRM_PANIC_SCREEN_QR_CODE_URL in snprintf()
> with a %s conversion specifier. Avoids a possible vulnerabilty from
> a crafted URL string.
>
> As the attacker needs to control the kernel at the Kconfig level, the
> potential for an exploit is likely low.
Thanks, it looks good to me.
Reviewed-by: Jocelyn Falempe <jfalempe at redhat.com>
>
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann at suse.de>
> Fixes: cb5164ac43d0 ("drm/panic: Add a QR code panic screen")
> Cc: Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm at redhat.com>
> Cc: Jocelyn Falempe <jfalempe at redhat.com>
> Cc: dri-devel at lists.freedesktop.org
> Cc: <stable at vger.kernel.org> # v6.12+
> ---
> drivers/gpu/drm/drm_panic.c | 3 ++-
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_panic.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_panic.c
> index e576c4791861..ba21df4be338 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_panic.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_panic.c
> @@ -658,7 +658,8 @@ static int drm_panic_get_qr_code_url(u8 **qr_image)
> char *kmsg;
> int max_qr_data_size, url_len;
>
> - url_len = snprintf(url, sizeof(url), CONFIG_DRM_PANIC_SCREEN_QR_CODE_URL "?a=%s&v=%s&z=",
> + url_len = snprintf(url, sizeof(url), "%s?a=%s&v=%s&z=",
> + CONFIG_DRM_PANIC_SCREEN_QR_CODE_URL,
> utsname()->machine, utsname()->release);
>
> max_qr_data_size = drm_panic_qr_max_data_size(panic_qr_version, url_len);
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