linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] remoteproc: sysfs: Use scnprintf instead of sprintf

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Date:   Wed, 3 Mar 2021 14:56:34 -0600
From:   Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@...aro.org>
To:     Siddharth Gupta <sidgup@...eaurora.org>
Cc:     ohad@...ery.com, linux-remoteproc@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Raghavendra Rao Ananta <rananta@...eaurora.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] remoteproc: sysfs: Use scnprintf instead of sprintf

On Wed 03 Mar 14:01 CST 2021, Siddharth Gupta wrote:

> From: Raghavendra Rao Ananta <rananta@...eaurora.org>
> 
> For security reasons scnprintf() is preferred over sprintf().
> Hence, convert the remoteproc's sysfs show functions accordingly.
> 

Thanks for the patch Siddharth.

There's no possibility for these calls to generate more than PAGE_SIZE
amount of data, so this isn't really necessary. But if you insist,
please let's use sysfs_emit() instead.

Regards,
Bjorn

> Signed-off-by: Raghavendra Rao Ananta <rananta@...eaurora.org>
> Signed-off-by: Siddharth Gupta <sidgup@...eaurora.org>
> ---
>  drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_sysfs.c | 5 +++--
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_sysfs.c b/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_sysfs.c
> index 1dbef89..853f569 100644
> --- a/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_sysfs.c
> +++ b/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_sysfs.c
> @@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ static ssize_t recovery_show(struct device *dev,
>  {
>  	struct rproc *rproc = to_rproc(dev);
>  
> -	return sprintf(buf, "%s", rproc->recovery_disabled ? "disabled\n" : "enabled\n");
> +	return scnprintf(buf, PAGE_SIZE, "%s",
> +			 rproc->recovery_disabled ? "disabled\n" : "enabled\n");
>  }
>  
>  /*
> @@ -82,7 +83,7 @@ static ssize_t coredump_show(struct device *dev,
>  {
>  	struct rproc *rproc = to_rproc(dev);
>  
> -	return sprintf(buf, "%s\n", rproc_coredump_str[rproc->dump_conf]);
> +	return scnprintf(buf, PAGE_SIZE, "%s\n", rproc_coredump_str[rproc->dump_conf]);
>  }
>  
>  /*
> -- 
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