Re: [dm-devel] [PATCH v2] mdopen: Prevent overrunning the devname buffer when copying devnm into it for long md names.

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On Wed, Aug 24, 2016 at 11:10 AM, Robert LeBlanc <robert@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Linux allows for 32 character device names. When using the maximum size device name and also
> storing "/dev/", devname needs to be 37 character long to store the complete device name.
> i.e. "/dev/md_abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz12\0"
>
> Signed-Off: Robert LeBlanc<robert@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  mdopen.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/mdopen.c b/mdopen.c
> index f818fdf..5af344b 100644
> --- a/mdopen.c
> +++ b/mdopen.c
> @@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ int create_mddev(char *dev, char *name, int autof, int trustworthy,
>         struct createinfo *ci = conf_get_create_info();
>         int parts;
>         char *cname;
> -       char devname[20];
> +       char devname[37];

I think you want 38 here.
   5 + 32 + '\0'.

>         char devnm[32];
>         char cbuf[400];
>         if (chosen == NULL)
> --
> 2.9.3
>

Also a sprintf() to snprintf() cleanup might not be a bad idea ..
-- 
Shaun Tancheff
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