linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging: ced1401: userspace: use1401.c: Cleaning up potential strncpy missing null-terminate

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Date:	Tue, 17 Jun 2014 08:56:09 +0300
From:	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
To:	Rickard Strandqvist <rickard_strandqvist@...ctrumdigital.se>
Cc:	devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Monam Agarwal <monamagarwal123@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: ced1401: userspace: use1401.c: Cleaning up
 potential strncpy missing null-terminate

On Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 12:14:18AM +0200, Rickard Strandqvist wrote:
> 2014-06-16 21:09 GMT+02:00 Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>:
> > On Mon, Jun 16, 2014 at 10:01:14PM +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> >>
> >> No one calls U14DriverName() so just delete this function.
> >
> > Oh.  This is a userspace library or something?  I'm not sure what to do.
> >
> > How did you compile test this?  Does your platform even provide
> > strlcpy()?
> >
> > Anyway, don't delete it like I said, but I still don't think your patch
> > helps here.
> >
> > regards,
> > dan carpenter
> >
> 
> Hi
> 
> I saw that these functions are not used, had planned type it in the
> cover letter to :-(
> 
> Thought of userspec, but then it should definitely ensure the NULL char?

The strings are always 4 characters long.  If the user start passing 3
character buffers then it will *never* work.  That means the bug will be
caught on the first run in testing.

I don't worry about those kinds of bugs very much.  It's only a concern
if it works 99 times and fails 1 time.

regards,
dan carpenter
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