Re: PROPOSAL: dot-proc interface [was: /proc stuff]

From: dank@trellisinc.com
Date: Tue Nov 06 2001 - 14:49:23 EST

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In article <20011105155955.A16505@codepoet.org> Erik Anderson wrote:
> Come now, it really isn't that difficult:

> char name[80];
> if (sscanf(line, "%4u %4u %llu %s", &major, &minor, &size, name) == 4)

if it's so easy to do, why do you have a great big buffer overflow here?

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nicholas black (dank@trellisinc.com)    developer, trellis network security
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