Avoid using strlen with the buffer that proc_read function want to write in. #18
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Since the address of buffer is userspace address, it may triggered a fault on strlen(buffer).
In Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS ( 5.8.0-63-generic ), using strlen(buffer) will get:
[ 2168.010930] /proc/buffer1k created
[ 2177.014347] BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: 00007fbbc2a17000
[ 2177.014355] #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode
[ 2177.014358] #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page
[ 2177.014361] PGD 80000003c61d0067 P4D 80000003c61d0067 PUD 3ee6c5067 PMD 40e1ff067 PTE 0
[ 2177.014369] Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP PTI
[ 2177.014376] CPU: 7 PID: 4750 Comm: cat Tainted: P W OE 5.8.0-63-generic #71~20.04.1-Ubuntu
[ 2177.014387] RIP: 0010:procfile_read+0xb/0x20 [procfs2]
[ 2177.014393] Code: Unable to access opcode bytes at RIP 0xffffffffc1253fe1.
[ 2177.014396] RSP: 0018:ffffbc84412cbe78 EFLAGS: 00010286
[ 2177.014400] RAX: ffffffffc1254000 RBX: 0000000000020000 RCX: ffffbc84412cbef0
[ 2177.014403] RDX: 0000000000020000 RSI: 00007fbbc2a17000 RDI: ffffa057d2708f00
[ 2177.014406] RBP: ffffbc84412cbe80 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: 0000000000000000
[ 2177.014409] R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffffa0581de8ccc0
[ 2177.014411] R13: ffffa057d2708f00 R14: ffffbc84412cbef0 R15: 00007fbbc2a17000
[ 2177.014415] FS: 00007fbbc3bfa580(0000) GS:ffffa0582dbc0000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
[ 2177.014418] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
[ 2177.014421] CR2: ffffffffc1253fe1 CR3: 00000003c611c004 CR4: 00000000003606e0
[ 2177.014424] Call Trace:
[ 2177.014435] proc_reg_read+0x66/0x90
[ 2177.014441] vfs_read+0xaa/0x190
[ 2177.014446] ksys_read+0x67/0xe0
[ 2177.014451] __x64_sys_read+0x1a/0x20
[ 2177.014458] do_syscall_64+0x49/0xc0
[ 2177.014464] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xa9
[ 2177.014467] RIP: 0033:0x7fbbc3b18142
[ 2177.014472] Code: c0 e9 c2 fe ff ff 50 48 8d 3d 3a ca 0a 00 e8 f5 19 02 00 0f 1f 44 00 00 f3 0f 1e fa 64 8b 04 25 18 00 00 00 85 c0 75 10 0f 05 <48> 3d 00 f0 ff ff 77 56 c3 0f 1f 44 00 00 48 83 ec 28 48 89 54 24
[ 2177.014476] RSP: 002b:00007ffcf2d20d78 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000000
[ 2177.014479] RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000000020000 RCX: 00007fbbc3b18142
[ 2177.014482] RDX: 0000000000020000 RSI: 00007fbbc2a17000 RDI: 0000000000000003
[ 2177.014485] RBP: 00007fbbc2a17000 R08: 00007fbbc2a16010 R09: 0000000000000000
[ 2177.014487] R10: 0000000000000022 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000560f8ff081f0
[ 2177.014490] R13: 0000000000000003 R14: 0000000000020000 R15: 0000000000020000
[ 2177.014635] CR2: 00007fbbc2a17000
[ 2177.014639] ---[ end trace b71ff05c1b0a10f6 ]---
[ 2177.184174] RIP: 0010:procfile_read+0xb/0x20 [procfs2]
[ 2177.184176] Code: Unable to access opcode bytes at RIP 0xffffffffc1253fe1.
[ 2177.184177] RSP: 0018:ffffbc84412cbe78 EFLAGS: 00010286
[ 2177.184178] RAX: ffffffffc1254000 RBX: 0000000000020000 RCX: ffffbc84412cbef0
[ 2177.184179] RDX: 0000000000020000 RSI: 00007fbbc2a17000 RDI: ffffa057d2708f00
[ 2177.184180] RBP: ffffbc84412cbe80 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: 0000000000000000
[ 2177.184180] R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffffa0581de8ccc0
[ 2177.184181] R13: ffffa057d2708f00 R14: ffffbc84412cbef0 R15: 00007fbbc2a17000
[ 2177.184182] FS: 00007fbbc3bfa580(0000) GS:ffffa0582dbc0000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
[ 2177.184182] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
[ 2177.184183] CR2: ffffffffc1253fe1 CR3: 00000003c611c004 CR4: 00000000003606e0