Re: [PATCH 2/2] module: Show the last unloaded module's taint flag(s)

From: Christophe Leroy
Date: Tue Jun 28 2022 - 04:18:42 EST




Le 28/06/2022 à 09:47, Aaron Tomlin a écrit :
> On Tue 2022-06-28 05:54 +0000, Christophe Leroy wrote:
>>> - /* Store the name of the last unloaded module for diagnostic purposes */
>>> strlcpy(last_unloaded_module, mod->name, sizeof(last_unloaded_module));
>>> + strcat(last_unloaded_module, module_flags(mod, buf, false));
>>
>> You replace a bounded string copy by an unbounded strict contat.
>>
>> Should you use strlcat() instead ?
>
> Hi Christophe,
>
> Why? If I understand correctly, both the destination and source string are
> NULL-terminated (see module_flags()). So, strcat() should be sufficient.
>

Are you sure you will never ever end up with a string longer than the
length of last_unloaded_module ?