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* [perf PATCH] Fix possible (unlikely) buffer overflow
@ 2012-12-25 16:23 Thomas Jarosch
  2013-01-25 11:30 ` [tip:perf/core] perf tools: " tip-bot for Thomas Jarosch
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Thomas Jarosch @ 2012-12-25 16:23 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo; +Cc: linux-kernel

cppcheck reported:
[tools/perf/util/sysfs.c:50]: (error) Width 4096 given in format string
(no. 1) is larger than destination buffer 'sysfs_mountpoint[4096]',
use %4095s to prevent overflowing it

-> All other places in the kernel that use STR(PATH_MAX)
   have a buffer size of PATH_MAX+1.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Jarosch <thomas.jarosch@intra2net.com>
---
 tools/perf/util/sysfs.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/sysfs.c b/tools/perf/util/sysfs.c
index 48c6902..606f884 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/sysfs.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/sysfs.c
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ static const char * const sysfs_known_mountpoints[] = {
 };
 
 static int sysfs_found;
-char sysfs_mountpoint[PATH_MAX];
+char sysfs_mountpoint[PATH_MAX+1];
 
 static int sysfs_valid_mountpoint(const char *sysfs)
 {
-- 
1.7.11.7


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* [tip:perf/core] perf tools: Fix possible (unlikely) buffer overflow
  2012-12-25 16:23 [perf PATCH] Fix possible (unlikely) buffer overflow Thomas Jarosch
@ 2013-01-25 11:30 ` tip-bot for Thomas Jarosch
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: tip-bot for Thomas Jarosch @ 2013-01-25 11:30 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linux-tip-commits; +Cc: acme, linux-kernel, hpa, mingo, thomas.jarosch, tglx

Commit-ID:  a65c23420668f7112395abf9c6f22c6450567bf0
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/a65c23420668f7112395abf9c6f22c6450567bf0
Author:     Thomas Jarosch <thomas.jarosch@intra2net.com>
AuthorDate: Tue, 25 Dec 2012 17:23:39 +0100
Committer:  Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
CommitDate: Thu, 24 Jan 2013 16:40:18 -0300

perf tools: Fix possible (unlikely) buffer overflow

cppcheck reported:
[tools/perf/util/sysfs.c:50]: (error) Width 4096 given in format string
(no. 1) is larger than destination buffer 'sysfs_mountpoint[4096]',
use %4095s to prevent overflowing it

-> All other places in the kernel that use STR(PATH_MAX)
   have a buffer size of PATH_MAX + 1.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Jarosch <thomas.jarosch@intra2net.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/50D9D30B.8090002@intra2net.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
---
 tools/perf/util/sysfs.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/sysfs.c b/tools/perf/util/sysfs.c
index 48c6902..f71e9ea 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/sysfs.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/sysfs.c
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ static const char * const sysfs_known_mountpoints[] = {
 };
 
 static int sysfs_found;
-char sysfs_mountpoint[PATH_MAX];
+char sysfs_mountpoint[PATH_MAX + 1];
 
 static int sysfs_valid_mountpoint(const char *sysfs)
 {

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