linux-kernel - Re: [RFC 0/7] eliminate snprintf with overlapping src and dst

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Date:	Tue, 8 Mar 2016 15:07:23 -0800
From:	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To:	Rasmus Villemoes <linux@...musvillemoes.dk>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC 0/7] eliminate snprintf with overlapping src and dst

On Tue, Mar 8, 2016 at 12:40 PM, Rasmus Villemoes
<linux@...musvillemoes.dk> wrote:
> Doing snprintf(buf, len, "%s...", buf, ...) for appending to a buffer
> currently works, but it is somewhat fragile, and any other overlap
> between source and destination buffers would be a definite bug. This
> is an attempt at eliminating the relatively few occurences of this
> pattern in the kernel.

Can we add a gcc plugin to detect these and refuse to compile when
they're found?

-Kees

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Kees Cook
Chrome OS & Brillo Security