netdev - Re: [patch v2] isdn: icn: buffer overflow in icn

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Date:	Wed, 16 Apr 2014 15:24:30 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	dan.carpenter@...cle.com
Cc:	isdn@...ux-pingi.de, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, joe@...ches.com
Subject: Re: [patch v2] isdn: icn: buffer overflow in icn_command()

From: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2014 14:25:16 +0300

> This buffer over was detected using static analysis:
> 
> 	drivers/isdn/icn/icn.c:1325 icn_command()
> 	error: format string overflow. buf_size: 60 length: 98
> 
> The calculation for the length of the string is off because it assumes
> that the dial[] buffer holds a 50 character string, but actually it is
> at most 31 characters and NUL.  I have removed the dial[] buffer because
> it isn't needed.
> 
> The maximum length of the string is actually 79 characters and a NUL.  I
> have made the cbuf[] array large enough to hold it and changed the
> sprintf() to an snprintf() as a further safety enhancement.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>

Applied, thanks Dan.
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