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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.

  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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