netdev - Re: [PATCH iproute2 v2 5/9] namespace: fix warning snprintf buffer

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Message-ID: <94846af3-f138-8680-efb2-2967d876f321@cogentembedded.com>
Date:   Wed, 21 Mar 2018 12:21:08 +0300
From:   Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com>
To:     Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH iproute2 v2 5/9] namespace: fix warning snprintf buffer

Hello!

On 3/20/2018 11:29 PM, Stephen Hemminger wrote:

> It is possible that user could request really long namespace
> name and overrun the path buffer.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
> ---
>   lib/namespace.c | 6 ++++--
>   1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/lib/namespace.c b/lib/namespace.c
> index 6f3356d0fa08..682634028587 100644
> --- a/lib/namespace.c
> +++ b/lib/namespace.c
> @@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ static void bind_etc(const char *name)
>   	struct dirent *entry;
>   	DIR *dir;
>   
> -	snprintf(etc_netns_path, sizeof(etc_netns_path), "%s/%s", NETNS_ETC_DIR, name);
> +	snprintf(etc_netns_path, sizeof(etc_netns_path), "%s/%s",
> +		 NETNS_ETC_DIR, name);
>   	dir = opendir(etc_netns_path);
>   	if (!dir)
>   		return;
> @@ -33,7 +34,8 @@ static void bind_etc(const char *name)
>   			continue;
>   		if (strcmp(entry->d_name, "..") == 0)
>   			continue;
> -		snprintf(netns_name, sizeof(netns_name), "%s/%s", etc_netns_path, entry->d_name);
> +		snprintf(netns_name, sizeof(netns_name),
> +			 "%s/%s", etc_netns_path, entry->d_name);
>   		snprintf(etc_name, sizeof(etc_name), "/etc/%s", entry->d_name);
>   		if (mount(netns_name, etc_name, "none", MS_BIND, NULL) < 0) {
>   			fprintf(stderr, "Bind %s -> %s failed: %s\n",

    Hm... not seeing any changes other than the line wrapping. Am I just 
blind? :-)

MBR, Sergei