Re: [PATCH] scsi: lpfc: Terminate string in lpfc_debugfs_nvmeio_trc_write()

[Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com>]

On Fri, Dec 31, 2021 at 09:55:00AM -0500, James Bottomley wrote:
> On Tue, 2021-12-14 at 10:05 +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> > The "mybuf" string comes from the user, so we need to ensure that it
> > is NUL terminated.
> > 
> > Fixes: bd2cdd5e400f ("scsi: lpfc: NVME Initiator: Add debugfs
> > support")
> > Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com>
> > ---
> >  drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_debugfs.c | 4 ++--
> >  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_debugfs.c
> > b/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_debugfs.c
> > index 21152c9a96ef..30fac2f6fb06 100644
> > --- a/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_debugfs.c
> > +++ b/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_debugfs.c
> > @@ -2954,8 +2954,8 @@ lpfc_debugfs_nvmeio_trc_write(struct file
> > *file, const char __user *buf,
> >  	char mybuf[64];
> >  	char *pbuf;
> >  
> > -	if (nbytes > 64)
> > -		nbytes = 64;
> > +	if (nbytes > 63)
> > +		nbytes = 63;
> 
> Just for future reference, next time could we do
> 
> if (nbytes > sizeof(mybuf) - 1)
>         nbytes = sizeof(mybuf) - 1;
> 
> just so we minimize the possibility of screw ups in the unlikely event
> that someone reduces the size of the mybuf array?

Yeah.  Good point.  Will do that next time.

regards,
dan carpenter