linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] bna: Avoid reading past end of buffer

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Date:   Mon, 08 May 2017 14:42:10 -0400 (EDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     keescook@...omium.org
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, rasesh.mody@...ium.com,
        sudarsana.kalluru@...ium.com, Dept-GELinuxNICDev@...ium.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, danielmicay@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] bna: Avoid reading past end of buffer

From: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Date: Fri, 5 May 2017 15:25:32 -0700

> Using memcpy() from a string that is shorter than the length copied means
> the destination buffer is being filled with arbitrary data from the kernel
> rodata segment. Instead, use strncpy() which will fill the trailing bytes
> with zeros.
> 
> This was found with the future CONFIG_FORTIFY_SOURCE feature.
> 
> Cc: Daniel Micay <danielmicay@...il.com>
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>

Applied.