Re: [PATCH] fix buffer overflow in util_run_program()

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Hi,

> On Saturday 05 of September 2009 08:25:01 Florian Zumbiehl wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > > > diff --git a/libudev/libudev-util-private.c
> > > >  b/libudev/libudev-util-private.c index 64203a8..c309945 100644
> > > > --- a/libudev/libudev-util-private.c
> > > > +++ b/libudev/libudev-util-private.c
> > > > @@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ int util_run_program(struct udev *udev, const
> > > >  char *command, char **envp, pid_t pid;
> > > >  	char arg[UTIL_PATH_SIZE];
> > > >  	char program[UTIL_PATH_SIZE];
> > > > -	char *argv[(sizeof(arg) / 2) + 1];
> > > > +	char *argv[sizeof(arg) + 1];
> > >
> > > Could you give example when this overflows?
> > 
> > UTIL_PATH_SIZE-1 spaces.
> > 
> 
> Please try to understand what code you are fixing does.

No, of course not.

Now, what am I missing? I obviously do not understand much of how udev
works, but if the code of this function is not somewhat pointless, then
how would there not be a potential buffer overflow?

Florian
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