From: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
To: Sami Kerola <kerolasa@iki.fi>
Cc: util-linux@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 07/12] term-utils: avoid error message string length couting errors
Date: Mon, 12 May 2014 14:05:11 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20140512120511.GF8951@x2.net.home> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1399836409-7769-7-git-send-email-kerolasa@iki.fi>
On Sun, May 11, 2014 at 08:26:44PM +0100, Sami Kerola wrote:
> diff --git a/term-utils/ttymsg.c b/term-utils/ttymsg.c
> index fb2614f..3a2565d 100644
> --- a/term-utils/ttymsg.c
> +++ b/term-utils/ttymsg.c
> @@ -58,6 +58,8 @@
> #include "pathnames.h"
> #include "ttymsg.h"
>
> +enum { ERR_BUFLEN = MAXNAMLEN + 1024 };
Please, don't use enum in this way, just
#define ERR_BUFLEN ...
> if (strlen(line) + sizeof(_PATH_DEV) + 1 > sizeof(device)) {
> sprintf(errbuf, _("excessively long line arg"));
> - return (errbuf);
> + return errbuf;
> }
I have fixed the code to use snprintf() everywhere and to check
snprintf() return code, that's better than the crazy strlen()+...
check.
libc is smart enough to help us.
> + errbuf[ERR_BUFLEN] = 0;
Are you sure? :-)
Fixed and merged.
Karel
--
Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
http://karelzak.blogspot.com
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-05-12 12:05 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-05-11 19:26 [PATCH 01/12] tests: check /proc availability, and go-around if it is incomplete Sami Kerola
2014-05-11 19:26 ` [PATCH 02/12] cytune: remove from util-linux Sami Kerola
2014-05-12 12:11 ` Karel Zak
2014-05-11 19:26 ` [PATCH 03/12] blkid: remove unused variable Sami Kerola
2014-05-11 19:26 ` [PATCH 04/12] logger: fail when io vector number exceeds maximum Sami Kerola
2014-05-11 19:26 ` [PATCH 05/12] logger: check numeric priority and facility input values Sami Kerola
2014-05-11 19:26 ` [PATCH 06/12] build-sys: remove unnecessary void casts Sami Kerola
2014-05-11 19:26 ` [PATCH 07/12] term-utils: avoid error message string length couting errors Sami Kerola
2014-05-12 12:05 ` Karel Zak [this message]
2014-05-11 19:26 ` [PATCH 08/12] wall: replace magic number by named value Sami Kerola
2014-05-11 19:26 ` [PATCH 09/12] setterm: remove unused code Sami Kerola
2014-05-11 19:26 ` [PATCH 10/12] setterm: use string constant rather than #define Sami Kerola
2014-05-12 12:07 ` Karel Zak
2014-05-11 19:26 ` [PATCH 11/12] setterm: convert various constant number definitions to enums Sami Kerola
2014-05-11 19:26 ` [PATCH 12/12] setterm: convert remaining magic values to symbolic references Sami Kerola
2014-05-12 12:10 ` Karel Zak
2014-05-12 14:53 ` Sami Kerola
2014-05-12 7:05 ` [PATCH 01/12] tests: check /proc availability, and go-around if it is incomplete Bernhard Voelker
2014-05-12 9:13 ` Sami Kerola
2014-05-12 11:06 ` Karel Zak
2014-05-12 12:01 ` Karel Zak
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