Re: [Outreachy kernel] [PATCH] staging: android: Replace strcpy with strlcpy

From: Julia Lawall
Date: Sat Mar 11 2017 - 15:47:48 EST




On Sun, 12 Mar 2017, simran singhal wrote:

> Replace strcpy with strlcpy as strcpy does not check for buffer
> overflow.
> This is found using Flawfinder.
>
> Signed-off-by: simran singhal <singhalsimran0@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/staging/android/ashmem.c | 3 ++-
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/android/ashmem.c b/drivers/staging/android/ashmem.c
> index 7cbad0d..eb2f4ef 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/android/ashmem.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/android/ashmem.c
> @@ -548,7 +548,8 @@ static int set_name(struct ashmem_area *asma, void __user *name)
> if (unlikely(asma->file))
> ret = -EINVAL;
> else
> - strcpy(asma->name + ASHMEM_NAME_PREFIX_LEN, local_name);
> + strlcpy(asma->name + ASHMEM_NAME_PREFIX_LEN, local_name,
> + sizeof(asma->name + ASHMEM_NAME_PREFIX_LEN));

There is a parenthesis in the wrong place.

julia

>
> mutex_unlock(&ashmem_mutex);
> return ret;
> --
> 2.7.4
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