Re: [PATCH] Transparently handle <.symbol> lookup for kprobes

[Srinivasa Ds <srinivasa@in.ibm.com>]

Paul Mackerras wrote:
> Srinivasa Ds writes:
> 
>> +	} else {							\
>> +		char dot_name[KSYM_NAME_LEN+1];				\
>> +		dot_name[0] = '.';					\
>> +		dot_name[1] = '\0';					\
>> +		strncat(dot_name, name, KSYM_NAME_LEN);			\
> 
> Assuming the kernel strncat works like the userspace one does, there
> is a possibility that dot_name[] won't be properly null-terminated
> here.  If strlen(name) >= KSYM_NAME_LEN-1, then strncat will set
> dot_name[KSYM_NAME_LEN-1] to something non-null and won't touch
> dot_name[KSYM_NAME_LEN].

Irrespective of length of the string, kernel implementation of
strncat(lib/string.c) ensures that last character of string is set to
null. So dot_name[] is always null terminated.

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char *strncat(char *dest, const char *src, size_t count)
{
        char *tmp = dest;

        if (count) {
                while (*dest)
                        dest++;
                while ((*dest++ = *src++) != 0) {
                        if (--count == 0) {
                                *dest = '\0';
                                break;
                        }
                }
        }
        return tmp;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(strncat);
===============================

Is this OK then ??


Thanks
 Srinivasa DS

> 
> Paul.