From: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org>
To: linux-hotplug@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] udev - safer string handling all over the place
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2004 23:10:06 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040224231006.GA24810@vrfy.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20040224225052.GA24733@vrfy.org>
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On Tue, Feb 24, 2004 at 11:50:52PM +0100, Kay Sievers wrote:
> Here is the first step towards a safer string handling.
> More will follow, but for now only the easy ones :)
>
> Thanks to all who pointed this out. strncat() isn't a nice function. We
> all should remember that the destination string is not terminated if the
> given lenght is shorter than the strlen of the source string.
>
> And shame on the various implementers of strfieldcat() I found in the
> unapplied patches on this list, it's not really better than strncpy()
> and hides the real problem.
Hmm, bk didn't checked in one file, maybe I edited it again as root.
Nevermind, here is the more complete version.
thanks,
KAy
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diff -Nru a/namedev.c b/namedev.c
--- a/namedev.c Wed Feb 25 00:04:14 2004
+++ b/namedev.c Wed Feb 25 00:04:14 2004
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@
static char *get_default_owner(void)
{
if (strlen(default_owner_str) == 0)
- strncpy(default_owner_str, "root", OWNER_SIZE);
+ strfieldcpy(default_owner_str, "root");
return default_owner_str;
}
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@
static char *get_default_group(void)
{
if (strlen(default_group_str) == 0)
- strncpy(default_group_str, "root", GROUP_SIZE);
+ strfieldcpy(default_group_str, "root");
return default_group_str;
}
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@
if (attr != NULL)
i = atoi(attr);
if (i > 0) {
- strncpy(temp1, udev->program_result, sizeof(temp1));
+ strfieldcpy(temp1, udev->program_result);
pos2 = temp1;
while (i) {
i--;
@@ -837,8 +837,8 @@
} else {
/* no matching perms found :( */
udev->mode = get_default_mode();
- strncpy(udev->owner, get_default_owner(), OWNER_SIZE);
- strncpy(udev->group, get_default_group(), GROUP_SIZE);
+ strfieldcpy(udev->owner, get_default_owner());
+ strfieldcpy(udev->group, get_default_group());
}
dbg("name, '%s' is going to have owner='%s', group='%s', mode = %#o",
udev->name, udev->owner, udev->group, udev->mode);
diff -Nru a/namedev_parse.c b/namedev_parse.c
--- a/namedev_parse.c Wed Feb 25 00:04:14 2004
+++ b/namedev_parse.c Wed Feb 25 00:04:14 2004
@@ -319,21 +319,21 @@
dbg("cannot parse line '%s'", line);
continue;
}
- strncpy(dev.name, temp2, sizeof(dev.name));
+ strfieldcpy(dev.name, temp2);
temp2 = strsep(&temp, ":");
if (!temp2) {
dbg("cannot parse line '%s'", line);
continue;
}
- strncpy(dev.owner, temp2, sizeof(dev.owner));
+ strfieldcpy(dev.owner, temp2);
temp2 = strsep(&temp, ":");
if (!temp2) {
dbg("cannot parse line '%s'", line);
continue;
}
- strncpy(dev.group, temp2, sizeof(dev.group));
+ strfieldcpy(dev.group, temp2);
if (!temp) {
dbg("cannot parse line: %s", line);
@@ -422,7 +422,7 @@
/* parse every file in the list */
list_for_each_entry_safe(loop_file, tmp_file, &file_list, list) {
strfieldcpy(file, filename);
- strcat(file, loop_file->name);
+ strfieldcat(file, loop_file->name);
parser(file);
list_del(&loop_file->list);
free(loop_file);
diff -Nru a/udev-add.c b/udev-add.c
--- a/udev-add.c Wed Feb 25 00:04:14 2004
+++ b/udev-add.c Wed Feb 25 00:04:14 2004
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
int retval;
struct stat stats;
- strncpy(p, file, sizeof(p));
+ strfieldcpy(p, file);
pos = strchr(p+1, '/');
while (1) {
pos = strchr(pos+1, '/');
@@ -145,8 +145,8 @@
int i;
int tail;
- strncpy(filename, udev_root, sizeof(filename));
- strncat(filename, dev->name, sizeof(filename));
+ strfieldcpy(filename, udev_root);
+ strfieldcat(filename, dev->name);
switch (dev->type) {
case 'b':
@@ -225,8 +225,8 @@
if (linkname == NULL || linkname[0] == '\0')
break;
- strncpy(filename, udev_root, sizeof(filename));
- strncat(filename, linkname, sizeof(filename));
+ strfieldcpy(filename, udev_root);
+ strfieldcat(filename, linkname);
dbg("symlink '%s' to node '%s' requested", filename, dev->name);
if (!fake)
if (strrchr(linkname, '/'))
@@ -243,13 +243,13 @@
}
while (linkname[i] != '\0') {
if (linkname[i] == '/')
- strcat(linktarget, "../");
+ strfieldcat(linktarget, "../");
i++;
}
if (linktarget[0] == '\0')
- strcpy(linktarget, "./");
- strcat(linktarget, &dev->name[tail]);
+ strfieldcpy(linktarget, "./");
+ strfieldcat(linktarget, &dev->name[tail]);
/* unlink existing files to ensure that our symlink is created */
if (!fake && (lstat(filename, &stats) == 0)) {
@@ -278,8 +278,8 @@
char dev_path[SYSFS_PATH_MAX];
struct sysfs_class_device *class_dev = NULL;
- strcpy(dev_path, sysfs_path);
- strcat(dev_path, device_name);
+ strfieldcpy(dev_path, sysfs_path);
+ strfieldcat(dev_path, device_name);
dbg("looking at '%s'", dev_path);
/* open up the sysfs class device for this thing... */
@@ -304,9 +304,9 @@
int loop = SECONDS_TO_WAIT_FOR_DEV;
int retval;
- strcpy(filename, sysfs_path);
- strcat(filename, path);
- strcat(filename, "/dev");
+ strfieldcpy(filename, sysfs_path);
+ strfieldcat(filename, path);
+ strfieldcat(filename, "/dev");
while (loop--) {
struct stat buf;
diff -Nru a/udev-remove.c b/udev-remove.c
--- a/udev-remove.c Wed Feb 25 00:04:14 2004
+++ b/udev-remove.c Wed Feb 25 00:04:14 2004
@@ -72,8 +72,8 @@
int retval;
int i;
- strncpy(filename, udev_root, sizeof(filename));
- strncat(filename, dev->name, sizeof(filename));
+ strfieldcpy(filename, udev_root);
+ strfieldcat(filename, dev->name);
info("removing device node '%s'", filename);
retval = unlink(filename);
@@ -103,8 +103,8 @@
if (linkname == NULL)
break;
- strncpy(filename, udev_root, sizeof(filename));
- strncat(filename, linkname, sizeof(filename));
+ strfieldcpy(filename, udev_root);
+ strfieldcat(filename, linkname);
dbg("unlinking symlink '%s'", filename);
retval = unlink(filename);
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@
temp = strrchr(path, '/');
if (temp == NULL)
return -ENODEV;
- strncpy(dev.name, &temp[1], sizeof(dev.name));
+ strfieldcpy(dev.name, &temp[1]);
}
dbg("name is '%s'", dev.name);
diff -Nru a/udev.h b/udev.h
--- a/udev.h Wed Feb 25 00:04:14 2004
+++ b/udev.h Wed Feb 25 00:04:14 2004
@@ -61,6 +61,12 @@
strncpy(to, from, sizeof(to)-1); \
} while (0)
+#define strfieldcat(to, from) \
+do { \
+ to[sizeof(to)-1] = '\0'; \
+ strncat(to, from, sizeof(to) - strlen(to) -1); \
+} while (0)
+
extern int udev_add_device(char *path, char *subsystem, int fake);
extern int udev_remove_device(char *path, char *subsystem);
extern void udev_init_config(void);
diff -Nru a/udev_dbus.c b/udev_dbus.c
--- a/udev_dbus.c Wed Feb 25 00:04:14 2004
+++ b/udev_dbus.c Wed Feb 25 00:04:14 2004
@@ -80,8 +80,8 @@
if (sysbus_connection == NULL)
return;
- strncpy(filename, udev_root, sizeof(filename));
- strncat(filename, dev->name, sizeof(filename));
+ strfieldcpy(filename, udev_root);
+ strfieldcat(filename, dev->name);
/* object, interface, member */
message = dbus_message_new_signal("/org/kernel/udev/NodeMonitor",
@@ -114,8 +114,8 @@
if (sysbus_connection == NULL)
return;
- strncpy(filename, udev_root, sizeof(filename));
- strncat(filename, name, sizeof(filename));
+ strfieldcpy(filename, udev_root);
+ strfieldcat(filename, name);
/* object, interface, member */
message = dbus_message_new_signal("/org/kernel/udev/NodeMonitor",
diff -Nru a/udevdb.c b/udevdb.c
--- a/udevdb.c Wed Feb 25 00:04:14 2004
+++ b/udevdb.c Wed Feb 25 00:04:14 2004
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
return -ENODEV;
memset(keystr, 0, NAME_SIZE);
- strcpy(keystr, path);
+ strfieldcpy(keystr, path);
key.dptr = keystr;
key.dsize = strlen(keystr) + 1;
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@
return -EINVAL;
memset(keystr, 0, sizeof(keystr));
- strcpy(keystr, path);
+ strfieldcpy(keystr, path);
key.dptr = keystr;
key.dsize = strlen(keystr) + 1;
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@
{
if (strncmp(dev->name, find_name, sizeof(dev->name)) == 0) {
memcpy(find_dev, dev, sizeof(*find_dev));
- strncpy(find_path, path, NAME_SIZE);
+ strfieldcpy(find_path, path);
find_found = 1;
/* stop search */
return 1;
diff -Nru a/udevinfo.c b/udevinfo.c
--- a/udevinfo.c Wed Feb 25 00:04:14 2004
+++ b/udevinfo.c Wed Feb 25 00:04:14 2004
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
dlist_for_each_data(attributes, attr, struct sysfs_attribute) {
if (attr->value != NULL) {
- strncpy(value, attr->value, SYSFS_VALUE_MAX);
+ strfieldcpy(value, attr->value);
len = strlen(value);
if (len == 0)
continue;
@@ -306,8 +306,8 @@
} else {
if (path[0] != '/') {
/* prepend '/' if missing */
- strcat(temp, "/");
- strncat(temp, path, sizeof(path));
+ strfieldcat(temp, "/");
+ strfieldcat(temp, path);
pos = temp;
} else {
pos = path;
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@
case NAME:
if (root)
strfieldcpy(result, udev_root);
- strncat(result, dev.name, sizeof(result));
+ strfieldcat(result, dev.name);
break;
case SYMLINK:
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@
/* prepend sysfs mountpoint if not given */
strfieldcpy(temp, path);
strfieldcpy(path, sysfs_path);
- strncat(path, temp, sizeof(path));
+ strfieldcat(path, temp);
}
print_device_chain(path);
return 0;
diff -Nru a/udevsend.c b/udevsend.c
--- a/udevsend.c Wed Feb 25 00:04:14 2004
+++ b/udevsend.c Wed Feb 25 00:04:14 2004
@@ -82,9 +82,9 @@
memset(msg, 0x00, sizeof(*msg));
strfieldcpy(msg->magic, UDEV_MAGIC);
msg->seqnum = seqnum;
- strncpy(msg->action, action, 8);
- strncpy(msg->devpath, devpath, 128);
- strncpy(msg->subsystem, subsystem, 16);
+ strfieldcpy(msg->action, action);
+ strfieldcpy(msg->devpath, devpath);
+ strfieldcpy(msg->subsystem, subsystem);
return sizeof(struct hotplug_msg);
}
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2004-02-24 22:50 [PATCH] udev - safer string handling all over the place Kay Sievers
2004-02-24 23:10 ` Kay Sievers [this message]
2004-02-26 20:56 ` Greg KH
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