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DateTue, 6 Nov 2001 20:06:48 -0500 (EST)
FromGeorge Greer <>
SubjectRe: PROPOSAL: dot-proc interface [was: /proc stuff]
On Tue, 6 Nov 2001 dank@trellisinc.com wrote:

>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?

Because he forgot about "%80s"?  But if he forgot that he may accidently
use strcpy, strcat, and gets, so...

Or maybe it was just an exercise for the reader?

-- 
George Greer, greerga@m-l.org
http://www.m-l.org/~greerga/


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