From: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
To: Chen Gang <gang.chen@asianux.com>
Cc: stas.yakovlev@gmail.com, linville@tuxdriver.com,
linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] drivers/net/wireless/ipw2x00: use strlcpy instead of strncpy
Date: Sat, 05 Jan 2013 06:42:46 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1357396966.21156.4.camel@joe-AO722> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <50E82D7D.4090107@asianux.com>
On Sat, 2013-01-05 at 21:41 +0800, Chen Gang wrote:
> The fields must be null-terminated, or IPW_DEBUG_ASSOC will cause issue.
[]
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2x00/ipw2200.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2x00/ipw2200.c
[]
> @@ -5558,7 +5558,7 @@ static int ipw_find_adhoc_network(struct ipw_priv *priv,
> min(network->ssid_len, priv->essid_len)))) {
> char escaped[IW_ESSID_MAX_SIZE * 2 + 1];
>
> - strncpy(escaped,
> + strlcpy(escaped,
> print_ssid(ssid, network->ssid,
> network->ssid_len),
> sizeof(escaped));
> @@ -5771,7 +5771,7 @@ static int ipw_best_network(struct ipw_priv *priv,
> memcmp(network->ssid, priv->essid,
> min(network->ssid_len, priv->essid_len)))) {
> char escaped[IW_ESSID_MAX_SIZE * 2 + 1];
> - strncpy(escaped,
> + strlcpy(escaped,
> print_ssid(ssid, network->ssid,
> network->ssid_len),
> sizeof(escaped));
> @@ -5788,7 +5788,7 @@ static int ipw_best_network(struct ipw_priv *priv,
> * testing everything else. */
> if (match->network && match->network->stats.rssi > network->stats.rssi) {
> char escaped[IW_ESSID_MAX_SIZE * 2 + 1];
> - strncpy(escaped,
> + strlcpy(escaped,
> print_ssid(ssid, network->ssid, network->ssid_len),
> sizeof(escaped));
> IPW_DEBUG_ASSOC("Network '%s (%pM)' excluded because "
This happens because escaped is declared the wrong size.
It'd be better to change
char escaped[IW_ESSID_MAX_SIZE * 2 + 1];
to
DECLARE_SSID_BUF(escaped);
and use
print_ssid(escaped, network->ssid, network->ssid_len)
in the debug.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-01-05 14:42 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-01-05 13:41 [PATCH] drivers/net/wireless/ipw2x00: use strlcpy instead of strncpy Chen Gang
2013-01-05 14:42 ` Joe Perches [this message]
2013-01-07 2:49 ` Chen Gang
[not found] ` <50EA37CE.1090901-bOixZGp5f+dBDgjK7y7TUQ@public.gmane.org>
2013-01-07 2:57 ` Chen Gang F T
2013-01-07 3:19 ` Joe Perches
2013-01-07 3:42 ` Chen Gang F T
2013-01-07 4:49 ` [RFC PATCH] vsprintf: Add %p*D extension for 80211 SSIDs Joe Perches
2013-01-07 6:07 ` Chen Gang
[not found] ` <50EA6612.6010506-bOixZGp5f+dBDgjK7y7TUQ@public.gmane.org>
2013-01-07 6:37 ` Joe Perches
2013-01-07 6:58 ` Chen Gang
2013-01-07 7:47 ` Johannes Berg
2013-01-07 17:22 ` Joe Perches
2013-01-08 2:57 ` Chen Gang
[not found] ` <50EB8B1A.9000404-bOixZGp5f+dBDgjK7y7TUQ@public.gmane.org>
2013-01-08 3:11 ` Joe Perches
2013-01-08 3:20 ` Chen Gang
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