[lvc-project] [PATCH] mlx4: use snprintf() instead of sprintf() for safety
Peter Kosyh
pkosyh at yandex.ru
Tue Nov 22 16:04:53 MSK 2022
Use snprintf() to avoid the potential buffer overflow. Although in the
current code this is hardly possible, the safety is unclean.
Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.
Signed-off-by: Peter Kosyh <pkosyh at yandex.ru>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/main.c | 6 ++++--
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/main.c
index d3fc86cd3c1d..0616d352451b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/main.c
@@ -3057,7 +3057,8 @@ static int mlx4_init_port_info(struct mlx4_dev *dev, int port)
info->base_qpn = mlx4_get_base_qpn(dev, port);
}
- sprintf(info->dev_name, "mlx4_port%d", port);
+ snprintf(info->dev_name, sizeof(info->dev_name),
+ "mlx4_port%d", port);
info->port_attr.attr.name = info->dev_name;
if (mlx4_is_mfunc(dev)) {
info->port_attr.attr.mode = 0444;
@@ -3077,7 +3078,8 @@ static int mlx4_init_port_info(struct mlx4_dev *dev, int port)
return err;
}
- sprintf(info->dev_mtu_name, "mlx4_port%d_mtu", port);
+ snprintf(info->dev_mtu_name, sizeof(info->dev_mtu_name),
+ "mlx4_port%d_mtu", port);
info->port_mtu_attr.attr.name = info->dev_mtu_name;
if (mlx4_is_mfunc(dev)) {
info->port_mtu_attr.attr.mode = 0444;
--
2.38.1
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