Re: [PATCH] accessibility: speakup: Fix incorrect string length computation in report_char_chartab_status()

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Christophe JAILLET, le lun. 04 sept. 2023 21:31:44 +0200, a ecrit:
> snprintf() returns the "number of characters which *would* be generated for
> the given input", not the size *really* generated.
> 
> In order to avoid too large values for 'len' (and potential negative
> values for "sizeof(buf) - (len - 1)") use scnprintf() instead of
> snprintf().
> 
> Fixes: c6e3fd22cd53 ("Staging: add speakup to the staging directory")
> Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@xxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks!

> ---
> I guess that the -1 in the 2nd snprintf() call is here to overwrite the
> ending \n.
> ---
>  drivers/accessibility/speakup/kobjects.c | 6 +++---
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/accessibility/speakup/kobjects.c b/drivers/accessibility/speakup/kobjects.c
> index a7522d409802..1eea7c492875 100644
> --- a/drivers/accessibility/speakup/kobjects.c
> +++ b/drivers/accessibility/speakup/kobjects.c
> @@ -92,9 +92,9 @@ static void report_char_chartab_status(int reset, int received, int used,
>  	if (reset) {
>  		pr_info("%s reset to defaults\n", object_type[do_characters]);
>  	} else if (received) {
> -		len = snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf),
> -			       " updated %d of %d %s\n",
> -			       used, received, object_type[do_characters]);
> +		len = scnprintf(buf, sizeof(buf),
> +				" updated %d of %d %s\n",
> +				used, received, object_type[do_characters]);
>  		if (rejected)
>  			snprintf(buf + (len - 1), sizeof(buf) - (len - 1),
>  				 " with %d reject%s\n",
> -- 
> 2.34.1




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