netdev - Re: [RFC 5/7] wlcore: avoid fragile snprintf use

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Date:	Wed, 09 Mar 2016 13:49:12 +0200
From:	Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>
To:	Rasmus Villemoes <linux@...musvillemoes.dk>
Cc:	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC 5/7] wlcore: avoid fragile snprintf use

Rasmus Villemoes <linux@...musvillemoes.dk> writes:

> Appending to a buffer like this is not guaranteed to work (passing
> overlapping src and dst buffers to snprintf is undefined
> behaviour). The standard and safe idiom is to keep track of the
> current string length.
>
> Signed-off-by: Rasmus Villemoes <linux@...musvillemoes.dk>

Should I take this or what's the plan?

-- 
Kalle Valo