netdev - [iproute PATCH v4 6/6] lib/ll_map: Choose size of new cache items at run-time

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Message-Id: <20170824095150.5469-7-phil@nwl.cc>
Date:   Thu, 24 Aug 2017 11:51:50 +0200
From:   Phil Sutter <phil@....cc>
To:     Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [iproute PATCH v4 6/6] lib/ll_map: Choose size of new cache items at run-time

Instead of having a fixed buffer of 16 bytes for the interface name,
tailor size of new ll_cache entry using the interface name's actual
length. This also makes sure the following call to strcpy() is safe.

Signed-off-by: Phil Sutter <phil@....cc>
---
 lib/ll_map.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/ll_map.c b/lib/ll_map.c
index 4e4556c9ac80b..70684b02042b6 100644
--- a/lib/ll_map.c
+++ b/lib/ll_map.c
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ struct ll_cache {
 	unsigned	flags;
 	unsigned 	index;
 	unsigned short	type;
-	char		name[IFNAMSIZ];
+	char		name[];
 };
 
 #define IDXMAP_SIZE	1024
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ int ll_remember_index(const struct sockaddr_nl *who,
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	im = malloc(sizeof(*im));
+	im = malloc(sizeof(*im) + strlen(ifname) + 1);
 	if (im == NULL)
 		return 0;
 	im->index = ifi->ifi_index;
-- 
2.13.1