netdev - Re: [PATCH 08/22] isdn: divert: fix sprintf buffer overflow warning

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Date:   Fri, 14 Jul 2017 09:03:33 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     arnd@...db.de
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, isdn@...ux-pingi.de,
        geliangtang@...il.com, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org,
        torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, linux@...ck-us.net,
        akpm@...ux-foundation.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        jejb@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, martin.petersen@...cle.com,
        linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org, x86@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 08/22] isdn: divert: fix sprintf buffer overflow warning

From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2017 14:07:00 +0200

> One string we pass into the cs->info buffer might be too long,
> as pointed out by gcc:
> 
> drivers/isdn/divert/isdn_divert.c: In function 'll_callback':
> drivers/isdn/divert/isdn_divert.c:488:22: error: '%d' directive writing between 1 and 3 bytes into a region of size between 1 and 69 [-Werror=format-overflow=]
>  sprintf(cs->info, "%d 0x%lx %s %s %s %s 0x%x 0x%x %d %d %s\n",
>                    ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> drivers/isdn/divert/isdn_divert.c:488:22: note: directive argument in the range [0, 255]
> drivers/isdn/divert/isdn_divert.c:488:4: note: 'sprintf' output 25 or more bytes (assuming 129) into a destination of size 90
> 
> This is unlikely to actually cause problems, so let's use snprintf
> as a simple workaround to shut  up the warning and truncate the
> buffer instead.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>

Applied.