[PATCH] bfa: avoid buffer overrun for 12-byte model name

2012-08-20 Thread Jim Meyering
From: Jim Meyering we use strncpy to copy a model name of length up to 15 (16, if you count the NUL), into a buffer of size 12 (BFA_FCS_PORT_SYMBNAME_MODEL_SZ). However, strncpy does not always NUL-terminate, so whenever the original model string has strlen >= 12, the following strncat re

Re: [PATCH] bfa: avoid buffer overrun for 12-byte model name

2012-08-20 Thread Jim Meyering
Krishna Gudipati wrote: >> -Original Message- >> From: Jim Meyering [mailto:j...@meyering.net] >> Sent: Monday, August 20, 2012 9:55 AM >> To: linux-ker...@vger.kernel.org >> Cc: Jim Meyering; Jing Huang; Krishna Gudipati; James E.J. Bottomley; linux- >

Re: [PATCH] bfa: avoid buffer overrun for 12-byte model name

2012-10-14 Thread Jim Meyering
Jim Meyering wrote: > Krishna Gudipati wrote: >>> -Original Message- >>> From: Jim Meyering [mailto:j...@meyering.net] >>> Sent: Monday, August 20, 2012 9:55 AM >>> To: linux-ker...@vger.kernel.org >>> Cc: Jim Meyering; Jing Huang; Kris

Re: [PATCH] bfa: avoid buffer overrun for 12-byte model name

2012-10-14 Thread Jim Meyering
Jim Meyering wrote: > Jim Meyering wrote: >> Krishna Gudipati wrote: >>>> -Original Message- >>>> From: Jim Meyering [mailto:j...@meyering.net] >>>> Sent: Monday, August 20, 2012 9:55 AM >>>> To: linux-ker...@vger.kernel.org >&