From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-5.6 required=3.0 tests=DKIMWL_WL_HIGH,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SIGNED_OFF_BY,SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS,URIBL_BLOCKED,USER_AGENT_SANE_2 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6B8F0C54FCE for ; Sun, 22 Mar 2020 18:06:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3409220736 for ; Sun, 22 Mar 2020 18:06:59 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1584900419; bh=54j3OVFrBeg4K057FOtUs3HyIoSyizqYq68lF8/KaPc=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:List-ID:From; b=NPd272NZ4Ulv6jTaqNpYwbL/V7bASqVXK/Q4vhDaPkJCB3j1xzTaeYtiVNL3gqtqf xeOULGtE7vDPxcy8go8sl6g1SEYvv4FeNVTjPRopHPalrptITiU+m+QsrtHuW9Bqf6 8Yf9NGmPpInkh2A4+lq/qYihcMkR8HGfeKS1gbkw= Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1725997AbgCVSG6 (ORCPT ); Sun, 22 Mar 2020 14:06:58 -0400 Received: from mail.kernel.org ([198.145.29.99]:42374 "EHLO mail.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1725985AbgCVSG6 (ORCPT ); Sun, 22 Mar 2020 14:06:58 -0400 Received: from archlinux (cpc149474-cmbg20-2-0-cust94.5-4.cable.virginm.net [82.4.196.95]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 5496A2072E; Sun, 22 Mar 2020 18:06:57 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1584900418; bh=54j3OVFrBeg4K057FOtUs3HyIoSyizqYq68lF8/KaPc=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:From; b=uobLnfwjzIBRlTrRUL6OAd+Wb9ZsstEnFWJehyfoyuIy7yUau5E5Rq6wnA+1wNPj3 HPi0+3EZyAY3GSAxfVqx3FZadWDaUhOK/xNNOU1llCbFW3tiDDH04DmTz8NkXKMLKx L/m+HyNrn0GWnrNgOX+Wy7813ba+cUjZwNJUX638= Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2020 18:06:53 +0000 From: Jonathan Cameron To: Brian Masney Cc: Takashi Iwai , linux-iio@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] iio: core: Use scnprintf() for avoiding potential buffer overflow Message-ID: <20200322180653.06ef9b9a@archlinux> In-Reply-To: <20200316161935.GA1526@onstation.org> References: <20200316124941.8010-1-tiwai@suse.de> <20200316124941.8010-2-tiwai@suse.de> <20200316161935.GA1526@onstation.org> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.17.4 (GTK+ 2.24.32; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-iio-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-iio@vger.kernel.org On Mon, 16 Mar 2020 12:19:35 -0400 Brian Masney wrote: > On Mon, Mar 16, 2020 at 01:49:40PM +0100, Takashi Iwai wrote: > > snprintf() is a hard-to-use function, it's especially difficult to use > > it for concatenating substrings in a buffer with a limited size. > > Since snprintf() returns the would-be-output size, not the actual > > size, the subsequent use of snprintf() may go beyond the given limit > > easily. Although the current code doesn't actually overflow the > > buffer, it's an incorrect usage. > > > > This patch replaces such snprintf() calls with a safer version, > > scnprintf(). > > > > Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai > > Reviewed-by: Brian Masney I picked this one up from v1. Thanks, Jonathan