On Sun, Mar 12, 2017 at 2:53 AM, Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > > On Sun, 12 Mar 2017, simran singhal wrote: > >> Replace strcpy with strlcpy as strcpy does not check for buffer >> overflow. >> This is found using Flawfinder. >> >> Signed-off-by: simran singhal <singhalsimran0@xxxxxxxxx> >> --- >> >> v2: >> -Correcting the place of the parenthesis >> >> drivers/staging/android/ashmem.c | 3 ++- >> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) >> >> diff --git a/drivers/staging/android/ashmem.c b/drivers/staging/android/ashmem.c >> index 7cbad0d..eb2f4ef 100644 >> --- a/drivers/staging/android/ashmem.c >> +++ b/drivers/staging/android/ashmem.c >> @@ -548,7 +548,8 @@ static int set_name(struct ashmem_area *asma, void __user *name) >> if (unlikely(asma->file)) >> ret = -EINVAL; >> else >> - strcpy(asma->name + ASHMEM_NAME_PREFIX_LEN, local_name); >> + strlcpy(asma->name + ASHMEM_NAME_PREFIX_LEN, local_name, >> + sizeof(asma->name + ASHMEM_NAME_PREFIX_LEN)); > > This appears to be the old patch. > > Actually, looking closer, I don't think this is right at all. There seems > to be a goal of leaving some space at the beginning of asma->name. So the > amount of space available for local_name would be computed using a > subtraction, not an addition. > Julia, By mistake I sent the wrong patch. And I am not getting you want to mention which space. > julia > >> >> mutex_unlock(&ashmem_mutex); >> return ret; >> -- >> 2.7.4 >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "outreachy-kernel" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to outreachy-kernel+unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx. >> To post to this group, send email to outreachy-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx. >> To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/outreachy-kernel/20170311211725.GA12884%40singhal-Inspiron-5558. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel
