linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] char: hw_random: core.c: Changed from using strncpy to strlcpy

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Sun, 12 Oct 2014 12:32:46 +0200
From:	Rickard Strandqvist <rickard_strandqvist@...ctrumdigital.se>
To:	Mark D Rustad <mrustad@...il.com>
Cc:	Matt Mackall <mpm@...enic.com>,
	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>,
	Torsten Duwe <duwe@....de>, "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>,
	Jason Cooper <jason@...edaemon.net>,
	Amit Shah <amit.shah@...hat.com>,
	Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...eaurora.org>,
	Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>,
	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] char: hw_random: core.c: Changed from using strncpy to strlcpy

Hi

Oops, sorry.
New patch on the way!

Kind regards
Rickard Strandqvist


2014-10-12 2:27 GMT+02:00 Mark D Rustad <mrustad@...il.com>:
> On Oct 11, 2014, at 3:36 PM, Rickard Strandqvist <rickard_strandqvist@...ctrumdigital.se> wrote:
>
>> Changed from using strncpy to strlcpy to simplify the code
>
> Actually you changed from using strncat to strlcat.
>
>> Signed-off-by: Rickard Strandqvist <rickard_strandqvist@...ctrumdigital.se>
>> ---
>> drivers/char/hw_random/core.c |   12 ++++--------
>> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c b/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c
>> index aa30a25..1500cfd 100644
>> --- a/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c
>> +++ b/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c
>> @@ -281,7 +281,6 @@ static ssize_t hwrng_attr_available_show(struct device *dev,
>>                                        char *buf)
>> {
>>       int err;
>> -     ssize_t ret = 0;
>>       struct hwrng *rng;
>>
>>       err = mutex_lock_interruptible(&rng_mutex);
>> @@ -289,16 +288,13 @@ static ssize_t hwrng_attr_available_show(struct device *dev,
>>               return -ERESTARTSYS;
>>       buf[0] = '\0';
>>       list_for_each_entry(rng, &rng_list, list) {
>> -             strncat(buf, rng->name, PAGE_SIZE - ret - 1);
>> -             ret += strlen(rng->name);
>> -             strncat(buf, " ", PAGE_SIZE - ret - 1);
>> -             ret++;
>> +             strlcat(buf, rng->name, PAGE_SIZE);
>> +             strlcat(buf, " ", PAGE_SIZE);
>>       }
>> -     strncat(buf, "\n", PAGE_SIZE - ret - 1);
>> -     ret++;
>> +     strlcat(buf, "\n", PAGE_SIZE);
>>       mutex_unlock(&rng_mutex);
>>
>> -     return ret;
>> +     return strlen(buf);
>> }
>>
>> static DEVICE_ATTR(rng_current, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR,
>> --
>> 1.7.10.4
>
> --
> Mark Rustad, MRustad@...il.com
>
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/