Re: [PATCH] bfs: prevent underflow in bfs_find_entry()

From: Dan Carpenter
Date: Tue Mar 10 2020 - 05:07:01 EST


On Mon, Mar 09, 2020 at 08:40:28AM +0000, Walter Harms wrote:
> hi Dan,
> the namelen usage is fishy. It goes into bfs_namecmp()
> where it is checked for namelen < BFS_NAMELEN, leaving
> only the case ==.

The rule in bfs_namecmp() is that the name has to be NUL terminated if
there is enough space.

regards,
dan carpenter