Re: [PATCH] s390: net: claw.c: Fix a define larger than in a sizeof in conjunction with strncpy

From: Ursula Braun
Date: Wed Jul 30 2014 - 04:10:38 EST


On Sun, 2014-07-27 at 13:50 +0200, Rickard Strandqvist wrote:
> The MAX_NAME_LEN is larger than sizeof, which could potentially
> giving lots of error here.
>
> Signed-off-by: Rickard Strandqvist <rickard_strandqvist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/s390/net/claw.c | 31 +++++++++++++++++++------------
> 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/s390/net/claw.c b/drivers/s390/net/claw.c
> index d837c3c..0172ce8 100644
> --- a/drivers/s390/net/claw.c
> +++ b/drivers/s390/net/claw.c
> @@ -3068,12 +3068,15 @@ claw_hname_write(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
> if (!priv)
> return -ENODEV;
> p_env = priv->p_env;
> - if (count > MAX_NAME_LEN+1)
> + if (count >= sizeof(p_env->host_name) && count > 0)
> return -EINVAL;
> - memset(p_env->host_name, 0x20, MAX_NAME_LEN);
> +
> strncpy(p_env->host_name,buf, count);
> - p_env->host_name[count-1] = 0x20; /* clear extra 0x0a */
> - p_env->host_name[MAX_NAME_LEN] = 0x00;
> + /* clear extra 0x0a */
> + memset(&p_env->host_name[count - 1],
> + ' ', sizeof(p_env->host_name) - count);
> + p_env->host_name[sizeof(p_env->host_name) - 1] = '\0';
> +
> CLAW_DBF_TEXT(2, setup, "HstnSet");
> CLAW_DBF_TEXT_(2, setup, "%s", p_env->host_name);
>
> @@ -3106,12 +3109,14 @@ claw_adname_write(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
> if (!priv)
> return -ENODEV;
> p_env = priv->p_env;
> - if (count > MAX_NAME_LEN+1)
> + if (count >= sizeof(p_env->adapter_name) && count > 0)
> return -EINVAL;
> - memset(p_env->adapter_name, 0x20, MAX_NAME_LEN);
> +
> strncpy(p_env->adapter_name,buf, count);
> - p_env->adapter_name[count-1] = 0x20; /* clear extra 0x0a */
> - p_env->adapter_name[MAX_NAME_LEN] = 0x00;
> + /* clear extra 0x0a */
> + memset(&p_env->adapter_name[count - 1],
> + ' ', sizeof(p_env->adapter_name) - count);
> + p_env->adapter_name[sizeof(p_env->adapter_name) - 1] = '\0';
> CLAW_DBF_TEXT(2, setup, "AdnSet");
> CLAW_DBF_TEXT_(2, setup, "%s", p_env->adapter_name);
>
> @@ -3145,12 +3150,14 @@ claw_apname_write(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
> if (!priv)
> return -ENODEV;
> p_env = priv->p_env;
> - if (count > MAX_NAME_LEN+1)
> + if (count >= sizeof(p_env->api_type) && count > 0)
> return -EINVAL;
> - memset(p_env->api_type, 0x20, MAX_NAME_LEN);
> +
> strncpy(p_env->api_type,buf, count);
> - p_env->api_type[count-1] = 0x20; /* we get a loose 0x0a */
> - p_env->api_type[MAX_NAME_LEN] = 0x00;
> + /* we get a loose 0x0a */
> + memset(&p_env->api_type[count - 1],
> + ' ', sizeof(p_env->api_type) - count);
> + p_env->api_type[sizeof(p_env->api_type) - 1] = '\0';
> if(strncmp(p_env->api_type,WS_APPL_NAME_PACKED,6) == 0) {
> p_env->read_size=DEF_PACK_BUFSIZE;
> p_env->write_size=DEF_PACK_BUFSIZE;

Why do you say "MAX_NAME_LEN is larger than sizeof"? MAX_NAME_LEN is 8,
and claw_env has defined its char arrays as ...[9]?

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