linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] dio: Fix buffer overflow in case of unknown board

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Date:   Mon, 21 Jan 2019 10:43:57 +0100
From:   Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:     Kars de Jong <jongk@...ux-m68k.org>
Cc:     linux-m68k <linux-m68k@...ts.linux-m68k.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] dio: Fix buffer overflow in case of unknown board

On Mon, Jan 21, 2019 at 10:24 AM Geert Uytterhoeven
<geert@...ux-m68k.org> wrote:
> With gcc 8.2.0:
>
>     drivers/dio/dio.c: In function ‘dio_init’:
>     drivers/dio/dio.c:240:17: warning: ‘strcpy’ writing 69 or more bytes into a region of size 64 overflows the destination [-Wstringop-overflow=]
>                      strcpy(dev->name,dio_getname(dev->id));
>                      ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> Indeed, if an unknown board is present, the target buffer will overflow.
> Shorten the unknown board name string to fix this, and declare it as an
> array while at it.
>
> Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>

Thanks, applied and queued for v5.1.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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