* [PATCH] ALSA: info: Use snprintf() in snd_info_card_create()
@ 2026-11-07 0:43 Thorsten Blum
2026-11-07 9:14 ` Takashi Iwai
0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Thorsten Blum @ 2026-11-07 0:43 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Jaroslav Kysela, Takashi Iwai, Cen Zhang, Cezary Rojewski, bui duc phuc
Cc: Thorsten Blum, Takashi Iwai, linux-sound, linux-kernel
While the current code works correctly, replace the unbounded sprintf()
with snprintf() to bound the formatted string to the str buffer.
Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum <blum@kernel.org>
---
sound/core/info.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/sound/core/info.c b/sound/core/info.c
index 023b4736aa6d..b0ed66d0336d 100644
--- a/sound/core/info.c
+++ b/sound/core/info.c
@@ -484,7 +484,7 @@ int snd_info_card_create(struct snd_card *card)
if (snd_BUG_ON(!card))
return -ENXIO;
- sprintf(str, "card%i", card->number);
+ snprintf(str, sizeof(str), "card%i", card->number);
entry = create_subdir(card->module, str);
if (!entry)
return -ENOMEM;
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* Re: [PATCH] ALSA: info: Use snprintf() in snd_info_card_create()
2026-11-07 0:43 [PATCH] ALSA: info: Use snprintf() in snd_info_card_create() Thorsten Blum
@ 2026-11-07 9:14 ` Takashi Iwai
0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Takashi Iwai @ 2026-11-07 9:14 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Thorsten Blum
Cc: Jaroslav Kysela, Takashi Iwai, Cen Zhang, Cezary Rojewski,
bui duc phuc, Takashi Iwai, linux-sound, linux-kernel
On Sat, 07 Nov 2026 01:43:37 +0100,
Thorsten Blum wrote:
>
> While the current code works correctly, replace the unbounded sprintf()
> with snprintf() to bound the formatted string to the str buffer.
>
> Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum <blum@kernel.org>
Shouldn't we use scnprintf() instead? Otherwise it may lead to a
compiler warning.
thanks,
Takashi
> ---
> sound/core/info.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/sound/core/info.c b/sound/core/info.c
> index 023b4736aa6d..b0ed66d0336d 100644
> --- a/sound/core/info.c
> +++ b/sound/core/info.c
> @@ -484,7 +484,7 @@ int snd_info_card_create(struct snd_card *card)
> if (snd_BUG_ON(!card))
> return -ENXIO;
>
> - sprintf(str, "card%i", card->number);
> + snprintf(str, sizeof(str), "card%i", card->number);
> entry = create_subdir(card->module, str);
> if (!entry)
> return -ENOMEM;
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