Re: [PATCH 2/2] ALSA: hda/ca0132: replace sprintf() with snprintf()

[Takashi Iwai]

On Wed, 12 Aug 2026 09:21:08 +0200,
David Laight wrote:
> 
> On Wed, 12 Aug 2026 11:30:30 +0800
> songxiebing <songxiebing@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > From: Bob Song <songxiebing@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > 
> > Replace six sprintf() calls that write to
> > SNDRV_CTL_ELEM_ID_NAME_MAXLEN-sized buffers with snprintf() to avoid
> > potential buffer overflows.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Bob Song <songxiebing@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  sound/hda/codecs/ca0132.c | 19 ++++++++++---------
> >  1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/sound/hda/codecs/ca0132.c b/sound/hda/codecs/ca0132.c
> > index 424224ef4621..d3ac29fd5780 100644
> > --- a/sound/hda/codecs/ca0132.c
> > +++ b/sound/hda/codecs/ca0132.c
> > @@ -5788,7 +5788,8 @@ static int ca0132_alt_mic_boost_info(struct snd_kcontrol *kcontrol,
> >  	uinfo->value.enumerated.items = MIC_BOOST_NUM_OF_STEPS;
> >  	if (uinfo->value.enumerated.item >= MIC_BOOST_NUM_OF_STEPS)
> >  		uinfo->value.enumerated.item = MIC_BOOST_NUM_OF_STEPS - 1;
> > -	sprintf(namestr, "%d %s", (uinfo->value.enumerated.item * 10), sfx);
> > +	snprintf(namestr, sizeof(namestr), "%d %s",
> > +		 (uinfo->value.enumerated.item * 10), sfx);
> >  	strscpy(uinfo->value.enumerated.name, namestr);
> 
> Why not snprintf() directly into uinfo->value.enumerated.name ?
> 
> >  	return 0;
> >  }
> > @@ -5840,9 +5841,9 @@ static int ae5_headphone_gain_info(struct snd_kcontrol *kcontrol,
> >  	uinfo->value.enumerated.items = AE5_HEADPHONE_GAIN_MAX;
> >  	if (uinfo->value.enumerated.item >= AE5_HEADPHONE_GAIN_MAX)
> >  		uinfo->value.enumerated.item = AE5_HEADPHONE_GAIN_MAX - 1;
> > -	sprintf(namestr, "%s %s",
> > -		ae5_headphone_gain_presets[uinfo->value.enumerated.item].name,
> > -		sfx);
> > +	snprintf(namestr, sizeof(namestr), "%s %s",
> > +		 ae5_headphone_gain_presets[uinfo->value.enumerated.item].name,
> > +		 sfx);
> >  	strscpy(uinfo->value.enumerated.name, namestr);
> >  	return 0;
> >  }
> > @@ -5894,8 +5895,8 @@ static int ae5_sound_filter_info(struct snd_kcontrol *kcontrol,
> >  	uinfo->value.enumerated.items = AE5_SOUND_FILTER_MAX;
> >  	if (uinfo->value.enumerated.item >= AE5_SOUND_FILTER_MAX)
> >  		uinfo->value.enumerated.item = AE5_SOUND_FILTER_MAX - 1;
> > -	sprintf(namestr, "%s",
> > -			ae5_filter_presets[uinfo->value.enumerated.item].name);
> > +	snprintf(namestr, sizeof(namestr), "%s",
> > +		 ae5_filter_presets[uinfo->value.enumerated.item].name);
> >  	strscpy(uinfo->value.enumerated.name, namestr);
> 
> That is silly, why is the sprintf() there at all?

Right, there are lots of rooms in this driver code for optimizations.
I took the patch for now as it's pretty idiomatic and safe, but we
should go for further cleanups.

Bob, are you interested in it?


thanks,

Takashi