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From: Vasiliy Kulikov <segoon@openwall.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] core: dev: don't call BUG() on bad input
Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2011 15:23:13 +0300
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Hi Nicolas,
On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 13:16 +0100, Nicolas de Peslo=FCan wrote:
> >- BUG_ON(strlen(name)>=3D sizeof(dev->name));
> >+ if (strnlen(name, sizeof(dev->name))>=3D sizeof(dev->name)) {
Ehh... Space after ")" is needed :)
> "size_t strnlen(const char *s, size_t maxlen) : The strnlen()
> function returns strlen(s), if that is less than maxlen, or maxlen
> if there is no '\0' character among the first maxlen characters
> pointed to by s."
>=20
> How can strnlen(name, sizeof(dev->name)) be greater than sizeof(dev->=
name)?
>=20
> Shouldn't it be "if (strnlen(name, sizeof(dev->name)) =3D=3D sizeof(d=
ev->name))" instead?
Not a big deal, but MO it's better to guard from everything that
is not a good input by negating the check. strnlen() < sizeof() is OK,
strnlen() >=3D sizeof() is bad. Is "=3D=3D" more preferable for net/ c=
oding style?
--=20
Vasiliy Kulikov
http://www.openwall.com - bringing security into open computing environ=
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