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From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
To: Phil Sutter <phil@nwl.cc>
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [iproute PATCH v3 2/7] xfrm_state: Make sure alg_name is NULL-terminated
Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2017 17:28:20 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20170821172541.6eb3e60c@xeon-e3> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20170821132341.23118-3-phil@nwl.cc>

On Mon, 21 Aug 2017 15:23:36 +0200
Phil Sutter <phil@nwl.cc> wrote:

> Signed-off-by: Phil Sutter <phil@nwl.cc>
> ---
>  ip/xfrm_state.c | 3 ++-
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/ip/xfrm_state.c b/ip/xfrm_state.c
> index e11c93bf1c3b5..7c0389038986e 100644
> --- a/ip/xfrm_state.c
> +++ b/ip/xfrm_state.c
> @@ -125,7 +125,8 @@ static int xfrm_algo_parse(struct xfrm_algo *alg, enum xfrm_attr_type_t type,
>  	fprintf(stderr, "warning: ALGO-NAME/ALGO-KEYMAT values will be sent to the kernel promiscuously! (verifying them isn't implemented yet)\n");
>  #endif
>  
> -	strncpy(alg->alg_name, name, sizeof(alg->alg_name));
> +	strncpy(alg->alg_name, name, sizeof(alg->alg_name) - 1);
> +	alg->alg_name[sizeof(alg->alg_name) - 1] = '\0';
>  
>  	if (slen > 2 && strncmp(key, "0x", 2) == 0) {
>  		/* split two chars "0x" from the top */

You are fixing enough of these null terminated string issues, that maybe
introducing strlcpy() would make sense. Either in utils (or -lbsd).

  reply	other threads:[~2017-08-22  0:28 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-08-21 13:23 [iproute PATCH v3 0/7] Covscan: Fixes for string termination Phil Sutter
2017-08-21 13:23 ` [iproute PATCH v3 1/7] ipntable: Avoid memory allocation for filter.name Phil Sutter
2017-08-21 13:23 ` [iproute PATCH v3 2/7] xfrm_state: Make sure alg_name is NULL-terminated Phil Sutter
2017-08-22  0:28   ` Stephen Hemminger [this message]
2017-08-22 11:05     ` Phil Sutter
2017-08-21 13:23 ` [iproute PATCH v3 3/7] lib/fs: Fix format string in find_fs_mount() Phil Sutter
2017-08-21 13:23 ` [iproute PATCH v3 4/7] lib/inet_proto: Review inet_proto_{a2n,n2a}() Phil Sutter
2017-08-21 13:23 ` [iproute PATCH v3 5/7] lnstat_util: Simplify alloc_and_open() a bit Phil Sutter
2017-08-21 13:23 ` [iproute PATCH v3 6/7] tc/m_xt: Fix for potential string buffer overflows Phil Sutter
2017-08-21 13:23 ` [iproute PATCH v3 7/7] lib/ll_map: Choose size of new cache items at run-time Phil Sutter

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