Re: [PATCH 5/5] Tools: hv: kvp: Fix a warning of buffer overflow with gcc 8.0.1

[Greg KH]

On Wed, Oct 17, 2018 at 03:14:06AM +0000, kys@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> From: Dexuan Cui <decui@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> The patch fixes:
> 
> hv_kvp_daemon.c: In function 'kvp_set_ip_info':
> hv_kvp_daemon.c:1305:2: note: 'snprintf' output between 41 and 4136 bytes
> into a destination of size 4096
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dexuan Cui <decui@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: K. Y. Srinivasan <kys@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Stephen Hemminger <sthemmin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: <Stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: K. Y. Srinivasan <kys@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  tools/hv/hv_kvp_daemon.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/tools/hv/hv_kvp_daemon.c b/tools/hv/hv_kvp_daemon.c
> index bbb2a8ef367c..b7c2cf7eaba5 100644
> --- a/tools/hv/hv_kvp_daemon.c
> +++ b/tools/hv/hv_kvp_daemon.c
> @@ -1176,7 +1176,7 @@ static int kvp_set_ip_info(char *if_name, struct hv_kvp_ipaddr_value *new_val)
>  	int error = 0;
>  	char if_file[PATH_MAX];
>  	FILE *file;
> -	char cmd[PATH_MAX];
> +	char cmd[PATH_MAX * 2];

Overkill?