Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 23 Mar 2009 18:15:36 +0100 | From | Ingo Molnar <> | Subject | Re: [tip:tracing/ftrace] kernel/trace/trace_functions_graph.c: fix nsecs_str buffer size |
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* Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 04:42:27PM +0000, Daniel Mack wrote: > > Commit-ID: 603b9b9081ae0a1af986b9059a0a5055876ddea9 > > Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/603b9b9081ae0a1af986b9059a0a5055876ddea9 > > Author: Daniel Mack <daniel@caiaq.de> > > AuthorDate: Mon, 23 Mar 2009 17:10:37 +0100 > > Committer: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> > > CommitDate: Mon, 23 Mar 2009 17:40:51 +0100 > > > > kernel/trace/trace_functions_graph.c: fix nsecs_str buffer size > > > > Impact: fix currently inactive buffer-overflow > > > > In kernel/trace/trace_functions_graph.c, print_graph_duration(), > > len can be as low as 1 or 2, which could make snprintf() write > > beyond the buffer bounds. (Found by cppcheck, no real-world bug > > occured) > > > > Signed-off-by: Daniel Mack <daniel@caiaq.de> > > Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> > > Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> > > LKML-Reference: <1237824637-28190-1-git-send-email-daniel@caiaq.de> > > Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> > > > > > > --- > > kernel/trace/trace_functions_graph.c | 2 +- > > 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) > > > > Ingo, as I explained to Daniel before (I should have Cc you), > there is no overflow to protect here, so this patch will not > change anything. > > This is my bad, I should better comment my code.
Yeah - saw your reply, and zapped the commit already. Please add a comment in any case.
Ingo
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