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From: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
To: Kars de Jong <jongk@linux-m68k.org>
Cc: linux-m68k <linux-m68k@lists.linux-m68k.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] dio: Fix buffer overflow in case of unknown board
Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2019 10:43:57 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAMuHMdXJcOQ2NMoHbAvqfP5YbSRA1Xt_MWpnyKe18t-ZAyVY1Q@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20190121092422.18544-1-geert@linux-m68k.org>

On Mon, Jan 21, 2019 at 10:24 AM Geert Uytterhoeven
<geert@linux-m68k.org> wrote:
> With gcc 8.2.0:
>
>     drivers/dio/dio.c: In function ‘dio_init’:
>     drivers/dio/dio.c:240:17: warning: ‘strcpy’ writing 69 or more bytes into a region of size 64 overflows the destination [-Wstringop-overflow=]
>                      strcpy(dev->name,dio_getname(dev->id));
>                      ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> Indeed, if an unknown board is present, the target buffer will overflow.
> Shorten the unknown board name string to fix this, and declare it as an
> array while at it.
>
> Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>

Thanks, applied and queued for v5.1.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

-- 
Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@linux-m68k.org

In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But
when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that.
                                -- Linus Torvalds

      reply	other threads:[~2019-01-21  9:44 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-01-21  9:24 [PATCH v2] dio: Fix buffer overflow in case of unknown board Geert Uytterhoeven
2019-01-21  9:43 ` Geert Uytterhoeven [this message]

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