From: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
To: Lee Jones <lee@kernel.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-hardening@vger.kernel.org,
"James E.J. Bottomley" <jejb@linux.ibm.com>,
"Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@oracle.com>,
support@areca.com.tw, linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 10/10] scsi: arcmsr: Remove snprintf() from sysfs call-backs and replace with sysfs_emit()
Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2024 23:13:28 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <202402092313.DF1409889@keescook> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20240208084512.3803250-11-lee@kernel.org>
On Thu, Feb 08, 2024 at 08:44:22AM +0000, Lee Jones wrote:
> Since snprintf() has the documented, but still rather strange trait of
> returning the length of the data that *would have been* written to the
> array if space were available, rather than the arguably more useful
> length of data *actually* written, it is usually considered wise to use
> something else instead in order to avoid confusion.
>
> In the case of sysfs call-backs, new wrappers exist that do just that.
>
> Link: https://lwn.net/Articles/69419/
> Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/105
> Signed-off-by: Lee Jones <lee@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
--
Kees Cook
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-02-10 7:13 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 28+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-02-08 8:44 [PATCH 00/10] scsi: Replace {v}snprintf() variants with safer alternatives Lee Jones
2024-02-08 8:44 ` [PATCH 03/10] scsi: NCR5380: Replace snprintf() with the safer scnprintf() variant Lee Jones
2024-02-08 10:22 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2024-02-08 10:29 ` Lee Jones
2024-02-10 9:32 ` Finn Thain
2024-02-10 12:56 ` James Bottomley
2024-02-19 15:23 ` Lee Jones
2024-02-19 16:25 ` James Bottomley
2024-02-20 8:28 ` Lee Jones
2024-02-19 21:30 ` Kees Cook
2024-02-20 8:24 ` Lee Jones
2024-02-10 7:14 ` Kees Cook
2024-02-08 8:44 ` [PATCH 04/10] scsi: aacraid: linit: Remove snprintf() from sysfs call-backs and replace with sysfs_emit() Lee Jones
2024-02-10 7:00 ` Kees Cook
2024-02-08 8:44 ` [PATCH 05/10] scsi: aacraid: linit: Replace snprintf() with the safer scnprintf() variant Lee Jones
2024-02-10 7:03 ` Kees Cook
2024-02-08 8:44 ` [PATCH 06/10] scsi: aha1542: " Lee Jones
2024-02-10 7:06 ` Kees Cook
2024-02-08 8:44 ` [PATCH 07/10] scsi: aic7xxx: aicasm: Trivial: Remove trailing whitespace Lee Jones
2024-02-10 6:58 ` Kees Cook
2024-02-08 8:44 ` [PATCH 08/10] scsi: aic7xxx: aicasm: Replace snprintf() with the safer scnprintf() variant Lee Jones
2024-02-10 7:06 ` Kees Cook
2024-02-08 8:44 ` [PATCH 09/10] scsi: aic94xx: Remove snprintf() from sysfs call-backs and replace with sysfs_emit() Lee Jones
2024-02-10 7:13 ` Kees Cook
2024-02-08 8:44 ` [PATCH 10/10] scsi: arcmsr: " Lee Jones
2024-02-10 7:13 ` Kees Cook [this message]
2024-02-08 17:40 ` [PATCH 00/10] scsi: Replace {v}snprintf() variants with safer alternatives Bart Van Assche
2024-02-08 17:49 ` Lee Jones
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