netdev - Re: [patch 3/6] netfilter: limit the length of the helper name

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Date:	Wed, 25 Mar 2009 18:32:26 +0100
From:	Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>
To:	Holger Eitzenberger <holger@...zenberger.org>
CC:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch 3/6] netfilter: limit the length of the helper name

Holger Eitzenberger wrote:
> This is necessary in order to have an upper bound for Netlink
> message calculation, which is not a problem at all, as there
> are no helpers with a longer name.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Holger Eitzenberger <holger@...zenberger.org>
> 
> Index: net-next-2.6/include/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_helper.h
> ===================================================================
> --- net-next-2.6.orig/include/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_helper.h
> +++ net-next-2.6/include/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_helper.h
> @@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
>  
>  struct module;
>  
> +#define NF_CT_HELPER_NAME_LEN	16
> +
>  struct nf_conntrack_helper
>  {
>  	struct hlist_node hnode;	/* Internal use. */
> Index: net-next-2.6/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_helper.c
> ===================================================================
> --- net-next-2.6.orig/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_helper.c
> +++ net-next-2.6/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_helper.c
> @@ -142,6 +142,7 @@ int nf_conntrack_helper_register(struct 
>  
>  	BUG_ON(me->expect_policy == NULL);
>  	BUG_ON(me->expect_class_max >= NF_CT_MAX_EXPECT_CLASSES);
> +	BUG_ON(strlen(me->name) >= NF_CT_HELPER_NAME_LEN - 1);

This appears to be an off-by-one. A strlen of exactly
NF_CT_HELPER_NAME_LEN - 1 would be fine, right?

No need to resend, just let me know whether I should change it.
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