Re: [PATCH] Staging: dgnc: Replace snprintf instead of sprintf

[Dan Carpenter]

On Fri, Apr 24, 2015 at 11:22:24AM +0000, DHANAPAL, GNANACHANDRAN (G.) wrote:
> This patch replaces snprintf instead of sprintf to avoid buffer overflow
> 
> Signed-off-by: Gnanachandran Dhanapal <gdhanapa@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/staging/dgnc/dgnc_mgmt.c |    2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/dgnc/dgnc_mgmt.c b/drivers/staging/dgnc/dgnc_mgmt.c
> index b13318a..aa20a66 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/dgnc/dgnc_mgmt.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/dgnc/dgnc_mgmt.c
> @@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ long dgnc_mgmt_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
>  		spin_lock_irqsave(&dgnc_global_lock, flags);
>  
>  		ddi.dinfo_nboards = dgnc_NumBoards;
> -		sprintf(ddi.dinfo_version, "%s", DG_PART);
> +		snprintf(ddi.dinfo_version, strlen(DG_PART)+1, "%s", DG_PART);

This change makes no sense.  If the original had memory corruption then
the new code has memory corruption as well.

regards,
dan carpenter

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