linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging: rtl8723bs: fix copy of overlapping memory

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Date:   Mon, 27 Jan 2020 15:09:14 +0100
From:   Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>
To:     Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        devel@...verdev.osuosl.org
Cc:     kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: rtl8723bs: fix copy of overlapping memory

HI,

On 26-01-2020 23:05, Colin King wrote:
> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> 
> Currently the rtw_sprintf prints the contents of thread_name
> onto thread_name and this can lead to a potential copy of a
> string over itself. Avoid this by printing the literal string RTWHALXT
> instread of the contents of thread_name.
> 
> Addresses-Coverity: ("copy of overlapping memory")
> Fixes: 554c0a3abf21 ("staging: Add rtl8723bs sdio wifi driver")
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>

Patch looks good to me:

Reviewed-by: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>

Regards,

Hans


> ---
>   drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/hal/rtl8723bs_xmit.c | 5 ++---
>   1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/hal/rtl8723bs_xmit.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/hal/rtl8723bs_xmit.c
> index b44e902ed338..890e0ecbeb2e 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/hal/rtl8723bs_xmit.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/hal/rtl8723bs_xmit.c
> @@ -476,14 +476,13 @@ int rtl8723bs_xmit_thread(void *context)
>   	s32 ret;
>   	struct adapter *padapter;
>   	struct xmit_priv *pxmitpriv;
> -	u8 thread_name[20] = "RTWHALXT";
> -
> +	u8 thread_name[20];
>   
>   	ret = _SUCCESS;
>   	padapter = context;
>   	pxmitpriv = &padapter->xmitpriv;
>   
> -	rtw_sprintf(thread_name, 20, "%s-"ADPT_FMT, thread_name, ADPT_ARG(padapter));
> +	rtw_sprintf(thread_name, 20, "RTWHALXT-" ADPT_FMT, ADPT_ARG(padapter));
>   	thread_enter(thread_name);
>   
>   	DBG_871X("start "FUNC_ADPT_FMT"\n", FUNC_ADPT_ARG(padapter));
>