Re: [PATCH v2] mdopen: Prevent overrunning the devname buffer when copying devnm into it for long md names.

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On Thu, Aug 25, 2016 at 2:44 AM, Shaun Tancheff
<shaun.tancheff@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 24, 2016 at 11:10 AM, Robert LeBlanc <robert@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Linux allows for 32 character device names. When using the maximum size device name and also
>> storing "/dev/", devname needs to be 37 character long to store the complete device name.
>> i.e. "/dev/md_abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz12\0"
>>
>> Signed-Off: Robert LeBlanc<robert@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>>  mdopen.c | 2 +-
>>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/mdopen.c b/mdopen.c
>> index f818fdf..5af344b 100644
>> --- a/mdopen.c
>> +++ b/mdopen.c
>> @@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ int create_mddev(char *dev, char *name, int autof, int trustworthy,
>>         struct createinfo *ci = conf_get_create_info();
>>         int parts;
>>         char *cname;
>> -       char devname[20];
>> +       char devname[37];
>
> I think you want 38 here.
>    5 + 32 + '\0'.

>>         char devnm[32];

Ah sorry, that 32 was including the null already
implied by devnm.

Looks fine.

>>         char cbuf[400];
>>         if (chosen == NULL)
>> --
>> 2.9.3
>>
>
> Also a sprintf() to snprintf() cleanup might not be a bad idea ..
> --
> Shaun Tancheff



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