linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 4/7] powerpc/kprobes: Use safer string functions in kprobe_lookup

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Date:   Fri, 21 Apr 2017 08:36:48 -0500
From:   Paul Clarke <pc@...ibm.com>
To:     "Naveen N. Rao" <naveen.n.rao@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
        Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>
Cc:     linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 4/7] powerpc/kprobes: Use safer string functions in
 kprobe_lookup_name()

On 04/21/2017 08:33 AM, Paul Clarke wrote:
> On 04/21/2017 07:33 AM, Naveen N. Rao wrote:
>>  	} else if (name[0] != '.') {
>>  		dot_name[0] = '.';
>>  		dot_name[1] = '\0';
>> -		strncat(dot_name, name, KSYM_NAME_LEN - 2);
>> +		strlcat(dot_name, name, sizeof(dot_name));
> 
> and here do:
> strncpy(&dot_name[1], name, sizeof(dot_name));

oops.  s/sizeof(dot_name)/sizeof(dot_name) - 1/

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