There is a general misunderstanding amongst engineers that {v}snprintf()
returns the length of the data *actually* encoded into the destination
array. However, as per the C99 standard {v}snprintf() really returns
the length of the data that *would have been* written if there were
enough space for it. This misunderstanding has led to buffer-overruns
in the past. It's generally considered safer to use the {v}scnprintf()
variants in their place (or even sprintf() in simple cases). So let's
do that.
Link: https://lwn.net/Articles/69419/
Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/105
Signed-off-by: Lee Jones <[email protected]>
---
Cc: Adaptec OEM Raid Solutions <[email protected]>
Cc: "James E.J. Bottomley" <[email protected]>
Cc: "Martin K. Petersen" <[email protected]>
Cc: "PMC-Sierra, Inc" <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
---
drivers/scsi/aacraid/linit.c | 6 +++---
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/aacraid/linit.c b/drivers/scsi/aacraid/linit.c
index 69526e2bd2e78..0e47d9c4cff23 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/aacraid/linit.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/aacraid/linit.c
@@ -583,7 +583,7 @@ static ssize_t aac_show_unique_id(struct device *dev,
if (sdev_channel(sdev) == CONTAINER_CHANNEL)
memcpy(sn, aac->fsa_dev[sdev_id(sdev)].identifier, sizeof(sn));
- return snprintf(buf, 16 * 2 + 2,
+ return scnprintf(buf, 16 * 2 + 2,
"%02X%02X%02X%02X%02X%02X%02X%02X%02X%02X%02X%02X%02X%02X%02X%02X\n",
sn[0], sn[1], sn[2], sn[3],
sn[4], sn[5], sn[6], sn[7],
@@ -1302,13 +1302,13 @@ static ssize_t aac_show_serial_number(struct device
*device,
int len = 0;
if (le32_to_cpu(dev->adapter_info.serial[0]) != 0xBAD0)
- len = snprintf(buf, 16, "%06X\n",
+ len = scnprintf(buf, 16, "%06X\n",
le32_to_cpu(dev->adapter_info.serial[0]));
if (len &&
!memcmp(&dev->supplement_adapter_info.mfg_pcba_serial_no[
sizeof(dev->supplement_adapter_info.mfg_pcba_serial_no)-len],
buf, len-1))
- len = snprintf(buf, 16, "%.*s\n",
+ len = scnprintf(buf, 16, "%.*s\n",
(int)sizeof(dev->supplement_adapter_info.mfg_pcba_serial_no),
dev->supplement_adapter_info.mfg_pcba_serial_no);
--
2.43.0.594.gd9cf4e227d-goog
