netdev - Re: [PATCH net v1 2/2] net/mlx5e: Correct snprintf truncation handling for fw

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Message-ID: <20231124114011.GO50352@kernel.org>
Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2023 11:40:11 +0000
From: Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>
To: Rahul Rameshbabu <rrameshbabu@...dia.com>
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
	Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Saeed Mahameed <saeed@...nel.org>, Gal Pressman <gal@...dia.com>,
	Dragos Tatulea <dtatulea@...dia.com>,
	David Laight <David.Laight@...lab.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net v1 2/2] net/mlx5e: Correct snprintf truncation
 handling for fw_version buffer used by representors

On Tue, Nov 21, 2023 at 03:00:22PM -0800, Rahul Rameshbabu wrote:
> snprintf returns the length of the formatted string, excluding the trailing
> null, without accounting for truncation. This means that is the return
> value is greater than or equal to the size parameter, the fw_version string
> was truncated.
> 
> Link: https://docs.kernel.org/core-api/kernel-api.html#c.snprintf
> Fixes: 1b2bd0c0264f ("net/mlx5e: Check return value of snprintf writing to fw_version buffer for representors")
> Signed-off-by: Rahul Rameshbabu <rrameshbabu@...dia.com>

Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>