linux-kernel - [PATCH] cpia.c: buffer overflow

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Date:	Tue, 9 Jan 2007 22:31:53 +0300
From:	Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>
To:	akpm@...l.org
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, v4l-dvb-maintainer@...uxtv.org
Subject: [PATCH] cpia.c: buffer overflow

If assigned minor is 10 or greater, terminator will be put beyound the end.

Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>
---

 drivers/media/video/cpia.c |    8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

--- a/drivers/media/video/cpia.c
+++ b/drivers/media/video/cpia.c
@@ -1350,13 +1350,13 @@ out:
 
 static void create_proc_cpia_cam(struct cam_data *cam)
 {
-	char name[7];
+	char name[5 + 1 + 10 + 1];
 	struct proc_dir_entry *ent;
 
 	if (!cpia_proc_root || !cam)
 		return;
 
-	sprintf(name, "video%d", cam->vdev.minor);
+	snprintf(name, sizeof(name), "video%d", cam->vdev.minor);
 
 	ent = create_proc_entry(name, S_IFREG|S_IRUGO|S_IWUSR, cpia_proc_root);
 	if (!ent)
@@ -1376,12 +1376,12 @@ static void create_proc_cpia_cam(struct 
 
 static void destroy_proc_cpia_cam(struct cam_data *cam)
 {
-	char name[7];
+	char name[5 + 1 + 10 + 1];
 
 	if (!cam || !cam->proc_entry)
 		return;
 
-	sprintf(name, "video%d", cam->vdev.minor);
+	snprintf(name, sizeof(name), "video%d", cam->vdev.minor);
 	remove_proc_entry(name, cpia_proc_root);
 	cam->proc_entry = NULL;
 }

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