Re: [PATCH v2] EDAC/thunderx: Fix some potential buffer overflow in thunderx_ocx_com_threaded_isr()

[Dan Carpenter]

On Tue, Oct 24, 2023 at 08:35:33AM +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 21, 2023 at 07:13:51PM +0200, Christophe JAILLET wrote:
> > @@ -1127,27 +1128,26 @@ static irqreturn_t thunderx_ocx_com_threaded_isr(int irq, void *irq_id)
> >  				ARRAY_SIZE(ocx->com_err_ctx));
> >  		ctx = &ocx->com_err_ctx[tail];
> >  
> > -		snprintf(msg, OCX_MESSAGE_SIZE, "%s: OCX_COM_INT: %016llx",
> > -			ocx->edac_dev->ctl_name, ctx->reg_com_int);
> > -
> >  		decode_register(other, OCX_OTHER_SIZE,
> >  				ocx_com_errors, ctx->reg_com_int);
> >  
> > -		strncat(msg, other, OCX_MESSAGE_SIZE);
> > +		remaining = OCX_MESSAGE_SIZE;
> > +		remaining -= scnprintf(msg, remaining, "%s: OCX_COM_INT: %016llx%s",
> > +				       ocx->edac_dev->ctl_name, ctx->reg_com_int,
> > +				       other);
> >  
> >  		for (lane = 0; lane < OCX_RX_LANES; lane++)
> >  			if (ctx->reg_com_int & BIT(lane)) {
> > -				snprintf(other, OCX_OTHER_SIZE,
> > -					 "\n\tOCX_LNE_INT[%02d]: %016llx OCX_LNE_STAT11[%02d]: %016llx",
> > -					 lane, ctx->reg_lane_int[lane],
> > -					 lane, ctx->reg_lane_stat11[lane]);
> > -
> > -				strncat(msg, other, OCX_MESSAGE_SIZE);
> > -
> >  				decode_register(other, OCX_OTHER_SIZE,
> >  						ocx_lane_errors,
> >  						ctx->reg_lane_int[lane]);
> > -				strncat(msg, other, OCX_MESSAGE_SIZE);
> > +
> > +				remaining -= scnprintf(msg + (OCX_MESSAGE_SIZE - remaining),
> > +						       remaining,
> 
> Instead of doing "remaining -=" the canonincal way is "off +=".  Then
> the snprintf() becomes:
> 
> 	off += scnprintf(msg + off, OCX_MESSAGE_SIZE - off, ""\n\tOCX_...
> 
> Your way works but it makes my head hurt.

Sorry, I shouldn't have sent this email.  You're allowed to write it
however you want if you're fixing the bug.

regards,
dan carpenter