Re: [PATCH net] can: can327: fix snprintf() limit in can327_handle_prompt()

[Dan Carpenter]

On Thu, Nov 14, 2024 at 06:34:49PM +0900, Vincent Mailhol wrote:
> Hi Dan,
> 
> On 14/11/2024 at 18:03, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> > This code is printing hex values to the &local_txbuf buffer and it's
> > using the snprintf() function to try prevent buffer overflows.  The
> > problem is that it's not passing the correct limit to the snprintf()
> > function so the limit doesn't do anything.  On each iteration we print
> > two digits so the remaining size should also decrease by two, but
> > instead it passes the sizeof() the entire buffer each time.
> > 
> > If the frame->len were too long it would result in a buffer overflow.
> 
> But, can frame->len be too long? Classical CAN frame maximum length is 8
> bytes. And I do not see a path for a malformed frame to reach this part of
> the driver.
> 
> If such a path exists, I think this should be explained. Else, I am just not
> sure if this needs a Fixes: tag.
> 

Even when bugs don't affect runtime we still assign a Fixes tag, but we don't
CC stable.  There is no way that passing the wrong size was intentional.

regards,
dan carpenter