From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Pengpeng Hou <pengpeng@iscas.ac.cn>
Cc: arnd@arndb.de, James.Bottomley@hansenpartnership.com,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] enclosure: bound sysfs link name construction
Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2026 09:57:31 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <2026032959-splice-gush-8fdc@gregkh> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260329073928.22257-1-pengpeng@iscas.ac.cn>
On Sun, Mar 29, 2026 at 03:39:28PM +0800, Pengpeng Hou wrote:
> enclosure_link_name() prefixes the component device name with
> "enclosure_device:" in a fixed 64-byte stack buffer. The helper
> currently uses strcpy() and strcat() with no remaining-space check.
>
> enclosure_component_alloc() stores component names in a 64-byte buffer
> and then uses dev_set_name() on that result, so dev_name(&cdev->cdev)
> can already reach 63 characters. Prefixing that with the 17-byte
> "enclosure_device:" string overflows the 64-byte link-name buffer.
>
> Use snprintf() so link-name construction stays within
> ENCLOSURE_NAME_SIZE without changing the existing callers.
>
> Fixes: cb6b7f40630f ("[SCSI] ses: fix up functionality after class_device->device conversion")
> Signed-off-by: Pengpeng Hou <pengpeng@iscas.ac.cn>
> ---
> v2:
> - wrap the changelog at 72 columns
> - keep the fix to bounded link-name construction only
That is not what I suggested that you do at all, sorry. Please go and
re-read my last review.
thanks,
greg k-h
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-03-29 7:57 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-29 3:09 [PATCH] " Pengpeng Hou
2026-03-29 6:13 ` Greg KH
2026-03-29 7:39 ` [PATCH v2] " Pengpeng Hou
2026-03-29 7:57 ` Greg KH [this message]
2026-03-29 8:07 ` Pengpeng Hou
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