linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next] net: ncsi: Fix buffer overflow in fetching version id

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Message-ID: <aElHrRb5Vk7PzEAs@home.paul.comp>
Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2025 12:09:01 +0300
From: Paul Fertser <fercerpav@...il.com>
To: kalavakunta.hari.prasad@...il.com
Cc: sam@...dozajonas.com, davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com,
        kuba@...nel.org, pabeni@...hat.com, horms@...nel.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        npeacock@...a.com, hkalavakunta@...a.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: ncsi: Fix buffer overflow in fetching
 version id

Hello Hari,

On Tue, Jun 10, 2025 at 12:33:38PM -0700, kalavakunta.hari.prasad@...il.com wrote:
> From: Hari Kalavakunta <kalavakunta.hari.prasad@...il.com>
> 
> In NC-SI spec v1.2 section 8.4.44.2, the firmware name doesn't
> need to be null terminated while its size occupies the full size
> of the field. Fix the buffer overflow issue by adding one
> additional byte for null terminator.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Hari Kalavakunta <kalavakunta.hari.prasad@...il.com>

You seem to be surprisingly persistent about ignoring my remarks on
your commit message.

So be it, since the code looks correct and reliable, fixes a real life
bug, and actually applies to the right tree now,

Reviewed-by: Paul Fertser <fercerpav@...il.com>