linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 7/8] ASoC: dapm: change snprintf to scnprintf for possible overflow

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Date:   Tue, 15 Jan 2019 04:16:15 +0100
From:   Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>
To:     Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
Cc:     Silvio Cesare <silvio.cesare@...il.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Liam Girdwood <lgirdwood@...il.com>,
        Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>, Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 7/8] ASoC: dapm: change snprintf to scnprintf for
 possible overflow

Hi Mark,

On Mon, Jan 14, 2019 at 02:56:50PM +0000, Mark Brown wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 12, 2019 at 04:28:43PM +0100, Willy Tarreau wrote:
> > From: Silvio Cesare <silvio.cesare@...il.com>
> > 
> > Change snprintf to scnprintf. There are generally two cases where using
> > snprintf causes problems.
> 
> I don't have a cover letter or anything before this in the series.
> What's going on with dependencies here?

Sorry for the lack of more context, I was just involved in putting a
subject line on each patch and passing them through get_maintainers.pl.
These ones were sent to the security list after this article was published:

  http://blog.infosectcbr.com.au/2018/11/memory-bugs-in-multiple-linux-kernel.html

Thanks,
Willy