Re: [PATCH] dax: replace sprintf() by scnprintf()

From: Joe Perches
Date: Sat Jul 10 2021 - 13:04:53 EST


On Sat, 2021-07-10 at 17:46 +0100, Salah Triki wrote:
> Replace sprintf() by scnprintf() in order to avoid buffer overflows.

OK but also not strictly necessary. DAX_NAME_LEN is 30.

Are you finding and changing these manually or with a script?

> diff --git a/drivers/dax/bus.c b/drivers/dax/bus.c
[]
> @@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ static ssize_t do_id_store(struct device_driver *drv, const char *buf,
>   fields = sscanf(buf, "dax%d.%d", &region_id, &id);
>   if (fields != 2)
>   return -EINVAL;
> - sprintf(devname, "dax%d.%d", region_id, id);
> + scnprintf(devname, DAX_NAME_LEN, "dax%d.%d", region_id, id);
>   if (!sysfs_streq(buf, devname))
>   return -EINVAL;
>  
>