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From: Wolfgang Denk <wd@denx.de>
To: u-boot@lists.denx.de
Subject: [PATCH v2] env: mmc: Correct partition comparison in mmc_offset_try_partition
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2020 21:07:18 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <10748.1605211638@gemini.denx.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20201112131237.1239-1-jigi.kim@gmail.com>

Dear Hoyeonjiki Kim,

In message <20201112131237.1239-1-jigi.kim@gmail.com> you wrote:
> The function mmc_offset_try_partition searches MMC partition to save the
> environment data by name.  However, it only compares the first word-size
> bytes (size of 'const char *'), which may make the function to find
> unintended partition.
>
> Correct the function not to partially compare the partition name with
> config "u-boot,mmc-env-partition".
>
> Fixes: c9e87ba66540 ("env: Save environment at the end of an MMC partition")
> Signed-off-by: Hoyeonjiki Kim <jigi.kim@gmail.com>
> Reviewed-by: Jaehoon Chung <jh80.chung@samsung.com>
> ---
>  env/mmc.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/env/mmc.c b/env/mmc.c
> index 4e67180b23..505f7aa2b8 100644
> --- a/env/mmc.c
> +++ b/env/mmc.c
> @@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ static inline int mmc_offset_try_partition(const char *str, int copy, s64 *val)
>  		if (ret < 0)
>  			return ret;
>  
> -		if (!strncmp((const char *)info.name, str, sizeof(str)))
> +		if (!strcmp((const char *)info.name, str))

Resend my comment, too.  This looks dangerous, please double check!!

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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  reply	other threads:[~2020-11-12 20:07 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-11-12 13:12 [PATCH v2] env: mmc: Correct partition comparison in mmc_offset_try_partition Hoyeonjiki Kim
2020-11-12 20:07 ` Wolfgang Denk [this message]
2020-11-13  4:03   ` Hoyeonjiki Kim
2020-11-15 16:36     ` Wolfgang Denk
2020-11-15 17:01       ` Hoyeonjiki Kim

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