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SubjectRe: [PATCH 3/8] dm: prevent possible buffer overflow in ioctl interface
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Kevin Corry <corryk@us.ibm.com> said:
> On Friday 28 February 2003 08:32, you wrote:
> > On Thu, 2003-02-27 at 14:05, Kevin Corry wrote:
> > > Unfortunately, Linus seems to have committed that patch already. So here
> > > is a patch to fix just that line.
> > >
> > > Thanks for catching that.
> >
> > Third time, strlen isn't necessary, it can be done at compile time.
> >
> > --- a/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c 2003/02/27 16:29:58
> > +++ b/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c 2003/02/27 17:21:54
> > @@ -174,7 +174,7 @@
> > static int register_with_devfs(struct hash_cell *hc)
> > {
> > struct gendisk *disk = dm_disk(hc->md);
> > - char *name = kmalloc(DM_NAME_LEN + strlen(DM_DIR) + 1);
> > + char *name = kmalloc(DM_NAME_LEN + sizeof(DM_DIR));
> > if (!name) {
> > return -ENOMEM;
> > }
>
> Sorry, I sent the last patch before I got your email.
>
> Also, the "+1" is still necessary, even if we switch to sizeof. The sprintf
> call that follows copies DM_DIR, followed by a slash, followed by the name
> from the hash table into the allocated string. The "+1" is for the slash in
> the middle. The terminating NULL character is accounted for in
> DM_NAME_LEN.

Then it was broken before.

sizeof("1234") == strlen("1234") + 1 == 5
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