snprintf() does not return negative error code on error, it returns the number of characters which *would* be generated for the given input. Fix the error handling check. Fixes: 57539b1c0ac2 ("bpf: Enable annotating trusted nested pointers") Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@xxxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/bpf/btf.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/kernel/bpf/btf.c b/kernel/bpf/btf.c index 1095bbe29859..8090d7fb11ef 100644 --- a/kernel/bpf/btf.c +++ b/kernel/bpf/btf.c @@ -8501,7 +8501,7 @@ bool btf_nested_type_is_trusted(struct bpf_verifier_log *log, tname = btf_name_by_offset(btf, walk_type->name_off); ret = snprintf(safe_tname, sizeof(safe_tname), "%s%s", tname, suffix); - if (ret < 0) + if (ret >= sizeof(safe_tname)) return false; safe_id = btf_find_by_name_kind(btf, safe_tname, BTF_INFO_KIND(walk_type->info)); -- 2.34.1