netdev - [PATCH iproute2 v2] ss: Fix allocation of cong control alg name

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Message-Id: <1432922994-13735-1-git-send-email-vadim4j@gmail.com>
Date:	Fri, 29 May 2015 21:09:54 +0300
From:	Vadim Kochan <vadim4j@...il.com>
To:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	eric.dumazet@...il.com, daniel@...earbox.net,
	jose.r.guzman.mosqueda@...el.com, Vadim Kochan <vadim4j@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH iproute2 v2] ss: Fix allocation of cong control alg name

From: Vadim Kochan <vadim4j@...il.com>

Used 16 char array for cong alg name instead of malloc.

Fixes: 8250bc9ff4e5 ("ss: Unify inet sockets output")
Reported-by: Jose R. Guzman Mosqueda <jose.r.guzman.mosqueda@...el.com>
Signed-off-by: Vadim Kochan <vadim4j@...il.com>
---
v2:
   Used 16 byte array for cong alg name instead of malloc
   	suggested by Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>

 misc/ss.c | 12 +++++-------
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/misc/ss.c b/misc/ss.c
index 347e3a1..0bab8a2 100644
--- a/misc/ss.c
+++ b/misc/ss.c
@@ -755,7 +755,7 @@ struct tcpstat
 	int		    timer;
 	int		    timeout;
 	int		    probes;
-	char		    *cong_alg;
+	char		    cong_alg[16];
 	double		    rto, ato, rtt, rttvar;
 	int		    qack, cwnd, ssthresh, backoff;
 	double		    send_bps;
@@ -1664,7 +1664,7 @@ static void tcp_stats_print(struct tcpstat *s)
 		printf(" ecnseen");
 	if (s->has_fastopen_opt)
 		printf(" fastopen");
-	if (s->cong_alg)
+	if (s->cong_alg[0])
 		printf(" %s", s->cong_alg);
 	if (s->has_wscale_opt)
 		printf(" wscale:%d,%d", s->snd_wscale, s->rcv_wscale);
@@ -1907,9 +1907,9 @@ static void tcp_show_info(const struct nlmsghdr *nlh, struct inet_diag_msg *r,
 		}
 
 		if (tb[INET_DIAG_CONG]) {
-			const char *cong_attr = rta_getattr_str(tb[INET_DIAG_CONG]);
-			s.cong_alg = malloc(strlen(cong_attr + 1));
-			strcpy(s.cong_alg, cong_attr);
+			strncpy(s.cong_alg,
+					rta_getattr_str(tb[INET_DIAG_CONG]),
+					sizeof(s.cong_alg) - 1);
 		}
 
 		if (TCPI_HAS_OPT(info, TCPI_OPT_WSCALE)) {
@@ -1984,8 +1984,6 @@ static void tcp_show_info(const struct nlmsghdr *nlh, struct inet_diag_msg *r,
 		tcp_stats_print(&s);
 		if (s.dctcp)
 			free(s.dctcp);
-		if (s.cong_alg)
-			free(s.cong_alg);
 	}
 }
 
-- 
2.3.1

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