netdev - Re: [PATCH] bnx2x: Fix firmware version string character counts

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Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2024 05:10:29 +0000
From: patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@...nel.org
To: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Cc: aelior@...vell.com, lkp@...el.com, skalluru@...vell.com,
 manishc@...vell.com, davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] bnx2x: Fix firmware version string character counts

Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net-next.git (main)
by Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>:

On Thu, 25 Jan 2024 20:10:48 -0800 you wrote:
> A potential string truncation was reported in bnx2x_fill_fw_str(),
> when a long bp->fw_ver and a long phy_fw_ver might coexist, but seems
> unlikely with real-world hardware.
> 
> Use scnprintf() to indicate the intent that truncations are tolerated.
> 
> While reading this code, I found a collection of various buffer size
> counting issues. None looked like they might lead to a buffer overflow
> with current code (the small buffers are 20 bytes and might only ever
> consume 10 bytes twice with a trailing %NUL). However, early truncation
> (due to a %NUL in the middle of the string) might be happening under
> likely rare conditions. Regardless fix the formatters and related
> functions:
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - bnx2x: Fix firmware version string character counts
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/5642c82b9463

You are awesome, thank you!
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