From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
To: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
Subject: [PATCH iproute2 2/3] lib: fix warning from ll_addr_a2n
Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2026 16:51:32 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260823235220.79790-3-stephen@networkplumber.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260823235220.79790-1-stephen@networkplumber.org>
Recent versions of strchr() propogate const char *.
This triggers warnings about lost of const.
Resolve this by reworking the loop parsing hex values.
This also adds checking for garbage after the hex value.
Also:
- arg is no longer modified
- Trailing garbage ("00:11:zz", "00:11:") are now rejected
- An address longer than len bytes now fails
Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
---
lib/ll_addr.c | 52 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------------------
1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)
diff --git a/lib/ll_addr.c b/lib/ll_addr.c
index 7a9eb3a4..851a5be0 100644
--- a/lib/ll_addr.c
+++ b/lib/ll_addr.c
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <ctype.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <sys/ioctl.h>
@@ -45,8 +46,12 @@ const char *ll_addr_n2a(const unsigned char *addr, int alen, int type,
/*NB: lladdr is char * (rather than u8 *) because sa_data is char * (1003.1g) */
int ll_addr_a2n(char *lladdr, int len, const char *arg)
{
+ const char *cp;
+ int i;
+
if (strchr(arg, '.')) {
inet_prefix pfx;
+
if (get_addr_1(&pfx, arg, AF_INET)) {
fprintf(stderr, "\"%s\" is invalid lladdr.\n", arg);
return -1;
@@ -55,31 +60,28 @@ int ll_addr_a2n(char *lladdr, int len, const char *arg)
return -1;
memcpy(lladdr, pfx.data, 4);
return 4;
- } else {
- int i;
+ }
- for (i = 0; i < len; i++) {
- int temp;
- char *cp = strchr(arg, ':');
- if (cp) {
- *cp = 0;
- cp++;
- }
- if (sscanf(arg, "%x", &temp) != 1) {
- fprintf(stderr, "\"%s\" is invalid lladdr.\n",
- arg);
- return -1;
- }
- if (temp < 0 || temp > 255) {
- fprintf(stderr, "\"%s\" is invalid lladdr.\n",
- arg);
- return -1;
- }
- lladdr[i] = temp;
- if (!cp)
- break;
- arg = cp;
- }
- return i + 1;
+ for (i = 0, cp = arg; i < len; i++) {
+ unsigned long val;
+ char *endp;
+
+ if (!isxdigit(*cp))
+ goto invalid;
+
+ val = strtoul(cp, &endp, 16);
+ if (val > 255)
+ goto invalid;
+
+ lladdr[i] = val;
+
+ if (*endp == '\0')
+ return i + 1;
+ if (*endp != ':')
+ goto invalid;
+ cp = endp + 1;
}
+invalid:
+ fprintf(stderr, "\"%s\" is invalid lladdr.\n", arg);
+ return -1;
}
--
2.53.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-23 23:52 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-23 23:51 [PATCH iproute2 0/3] compiler warning fixes Stephen Hemminger
2026-08-23 23:51 ` [PATCH iproute2 1/3] json_print: fix Gcc-17 warnings Stephen Hemminger
2026-08-23 23:51 ` Stephen Hemminger [this message]
2026-08-23 23:51 ` [PATCH iproute2 3/3] tc/f_u32: fix const strchr() warning Stephen Hemminger
2026-08-25 4:10 ` [PATCH iproute2 0/3] compiler warning fixes patchwork-bot+netdevbpf
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