linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging: gs_fpgaboot: add buffer overflow checks

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Date:   Tue, 18 Jul 2017 10:54:45 +0300
From:   Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
To:     Jacob von Chorus <jacobvonchorus@...hoto.ca>
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Insop Song <insop.song@...nspeed.com>,
        devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: gs_fpgaboot: add buffer overflow checks

On Mon, Jul 17, 2017 at 08:21:20PM -0400, Jacob von Chorus wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 17, 2017 at 10:53:25PM +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> > > +	if (len + 1 > n) {
> > 
> > It's more idiomatic to say "if (len >= n)".  Plus that's a good habbit
> 
> My reasoning behind using "((len + 1) > n)" is that len represents the length of
> the string without null-termination. "buf" is required to store a
> null-terminator on top of len. Using "len + 1" shows this requirement
> more clearly; I will add brackets around "len + 1" for emphasis.
> 

Don't get into the habbit of saying len + 1 because you will end up
introducing integer overflows.  Also don't add useless parenthesis.
Everyone who programs in C is used to NUL terminators, so it's not a new
concept which has to be explained.

regards,
dan carpenter