Re: [PATCH 1/1] tools/rv: ensure monitor name and desc are NUL-terminated

[Gabriele Monaco <gmonaco@redhat.com>]

On Thu, 2026-04-23 at 17:19 +0300, unknownbbqrx wrote:
> 
> ikm_fill_monitor_definition() copies monitor name and description
> with strncpy(), but does not guarantee NUL termination when source
> strings are equal to or longer than the destination buffers.
> 
> Clamp copies to sizeof(dst) - 1 and explicitly append '\0' for both
> fields to keep them safe for later string operations.
> 
> Signed-off-by: unknownbbqrx <dev@unknownbbqr.xyz>

Contributions need to be attributed to real people using official
names. I'm going to re-send this patch with me as author and a
Suggested-by: unknownbbqrx <dev@unknownbbqr.xyz>, unless you answer
with an appropriate attribution (i.e. your real name) [1].

Thanks,
Gabriele

[1] -
https://docs.kernel.org/process/submitting-patches.html#sign-your-work-the-developer-s-certificate-of-origin

> ---
>  tools/verification/rv/src/in_kernel.c | 7 ++++---
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/tools/verification/rv/src/in_kernel.c
> b/tools/verification/rv/src/in_kernel.c
> index 4bb746ea6..d32453824 100644
> --- a/tools/verification/rv/src/in_kernel.c
> +++ b/tools/verification/rv/src/in_kernel.c
> @@ -215,10 +215,11 @@ static int ikm_fill_monitor_definition(char
> *name, struct monitor *ikm, char *co
>  		return -1;
>  	}
>  
> -	strncpy(ikm->name, nested_name, MAX_DA_NAME_LEN);
> +	strncpy(ikm->name, nested_name, sizeof(ikm->name) - 1);
> +	ikm->name[sizeof(ikm->name) - 1] = '\0';
>  	ikm->enabled = enabled;
> -	strncpy(ikm->desc, desc, MAX_DESCRIPTION);
> -
> +	strncpy(ikm->desc, desc, sizeof(ikm->desc) - 1);
> +	ikm->desc[sizeof(ikm->desc) - 1] = '\0';
>  	free(desc);
>  
>  	return 0;