Re: [PATCH] Storage: Fix a buffer overflow in write_link_key

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Hi Ido,

On Mon, Mar 05, 2012, Ido Yariv wrote:
> The temporary string allocated on the stack is not large enough in worst
> case. To be on the safe side, increase it to 64 bytes.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ido Yariv <ido@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  src/storage.c |    2 +-
>  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/src/storage.c b/src/storage.c
> index a65cee4..7e7f081 100644
> --- a/src/storage.c
> +++ b/src/storage.c
> @@ -533,7 +533,7 @@ int write_lastused_info(bdaddr_t *local, bdaddr_t *peer, struct tm *tm)
>  
>  int write_link_key(bdaddr_t *local, bdaddr_t *peer, unsigned char *key, uint8_t type, int length)
>  {
> -	char filename[PATH_MAX + 1], addr[18], str[38];
> +	char filename[PATH_MAX + 1], addr[18], str[64];
>  	int i;

I don't really see how the worst case you mention could ever happen in
practice. The key type requires one byte and 16 is the maximum for the
PIN length. Is there something I'm missing?

Johan
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