linux-kernel - [PATCH] kconfig: Use PATH_MAX instead of 128 for path buffer sizes.

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Date:	Wed, 22 Sep 2010 15:59:13 +0100
From:	Will Newton <will.newton@...il.com>
To:	Linux Kernel list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:	Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.cz>, Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
Subject: [PATCH] kconfig: Use PATH_MAX instead of 128 for path buffer sizes.

This prevents the buffers being overflowed when using a config
file with a long name. PATH_MAX is used elsewhere in the same
file, so use it here as well.

Signed-off-by: Will Newton <will.newton@...tec.com>
---
 scripts/kconfig/confdata.c |    4 ++--
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/confdata.c b/scripts/kconfig/confdata.c
index 515253f..9e2dda2 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/confdata.c
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/confdata.c
@@ -541,7 +541,7 @@ int conf_write(const char *name)
 	struct menu *menu;
 	const char *basename;
 	const char *str;
-	char dirname[128], tmpname[128], newname[128];
+	char dirname[PATH_MAX+1], tmpname[PATH_MAX+1], newname[PATH_MAX+1];
 	enum symbol_type type;
 	time_t now;
 	int use_timestamp = 1;
@@ -662,7 +662,7 @@ next:
 static int conf_split_config(void)
 {
 	const char *name;
-	char path[128];
+	char path[PATH_MAX+1];
 	char *s, *d, c;
 	struct symbol *sym;
 	struct stat sb;
-- 
1.7.2.2

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