netdev - Re: ss format bug

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Date:	Mon, 31 Aug 2015 16:23:16 -0700
From:	Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
To:	Mike Saal <msaal@...afe.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: ss format bug

On Wed, 26 Aug 2015 11:59:17 -0400
Mike Saal <msaal@...afe.com> wrote:

> Hi:
> 
> I found a formatting bug in the 4.1.1 ss command. The following line was 
> incorrectly output due to passing a negative length to printf() when 
> displaying the local address. In this instance hostapd does a "bind to 
> device" on cdreth0 and then does a udp "in address any" port 67 bind. 
> Please note the whitespace between the '*' and ' %cdreth0:67'
> 
>     'udp UNCONN 0 0 ** %cdreth0:67* *:* users:(("hostapd",pid=19241,fd=5))'
> 
> Attached is my patch for the bug fix, it might be prudent to add more 
> guard code looking for negative length format codes.
> 
> Sincerely, Mike


I think the root cause of this is actually down in the main program
where it is computing addr_width. It is not accounting for the size correctly,
or maybe your case just occurs if screen is too narrow to fit the full width.
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