On Sun, Aug 8, 2021 at 7:25 PM Jonathan Cameron <jic23@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Sat, 7 Aug 2021 17:22:25 +0200 > Len Baker <len.baker@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > > strcpy() performs no bounds checking on the destination buffer. This > > could result in linear overflows beyond the end of the buffer, leading > > to all kinds of misbehaviors. The safe replacement is strscpy(). > > > > This patch is an effort to clean up the proliferation of str*() > > functions in the kernel and a previous step in the path to remove > > the strcpy function from the kernel entirely [1]. > > > > [1] https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/88 > > > > Signed-off-by: Len Baker <len.baker@xxxxxxx> > Applied to the togreg branch of iio.git and pushed out as testing > so 0-day can poke at it and see if we missed anything. Isn't it too early? Or am I missing something (see below)? ... > > /* use length + 2 for adding minus sign if needed */ > > - str = devm_kzalloc(regmap_get_device(st->map), > > - strlen(orient) + 2, GFP_KERNEL); > > + n = strlen(orient) + 2; > > + str = devm_kzalloc(regmap_get_device(st->map), n, > > + GFP_KERNEL); > > if (str == NULL) > > return -ENOMEM; > > if (strcmp(orient, "0") == 0) { > > - strcpy(str, orient); > > + strscpy(str, orient, n); > > } else if (orient[0] == '-') { > > - strcpy(str, &orient[1]); > > + strscpy(str, &orient[1], n); > > } else { > > str[0] = '-'; > > - strcpy(&str[1], orient); > > + strscpy(&str[1], orient, n - 1); Why n-1? > > } As far as I understood the logic, it inverts the sign except the case when it equals 0. I have a question here, why can't we always use +/-? Why can't 0 be prefixed with a sign? If the above can be used, we may simplify this code. Len, I think this task may be considered simple, but I recommend thinking about each case and finding a way to simplify it more. -- With Best Regards, Andy Shevchenko
