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Re: [PATCH 14/22] [media] usbvision-i2c: fix format overflow warning

From Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@xs4all.nl>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: [PATCH 14/22] [media] usbvision-i2c: fix format overflow warning
Date 2017-07-17 15:00 +0200
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On 14/07/17 14:07, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> gcc-7 notices that we copy a fixed length string into another
> string of the same size, with additional characters:
> 
> drivers/media/usb/usbvision/usbvision-i2c.c: In function 'usbvision_i2c_register':
> drivers/media/usb/usbvision/usbvision-i2c.c:190:36: error: '%d' directive writing between 1 and 11 bytes into a region of size between 0 and 47 [-Werror=format-overflow=]
>   sprintf(usbvision->i2c_adap.name, "%s-%d-%s", i2c_adap_template.name,
>                                     ^~~~~~~~~~
> drivers/media/usb/usbvision/usbvision-i2c.c:190:2: note: 'sprintf' output between 4 and 76 bytes into a destination of size 48
> 
> We know this is fine as the template name is always "usbvision", so
> we can easily avoid the warning by using this as the format string
> directly.

Hmm, how about replacing sprintf by snprintf? That feels a lot safer (this is very
old code, it's not surprising it is still using sprintf).

Regards,

	Hans

> 
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
> ---
>  drivers/media/usb/usbvision/usbvision-i2c.c | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/media/usb/usbvision/usbvision-i2c.c b/drivers/media/usb/usbvision/usbvision-i2c.c
> index fdf6b6e285da..aae9f69884da 100644
> --- a/drivers/media/usb/usbvision/usbvision-i2c.c
> +++ b/drivers/media/usb/usbvision/usbvision-i2c.c
> @@ -187,8 +187,8 @@ int usbvision_i2c_register(struct usb_usbvision *usbvision)
>  
>  	usbvision->i2c_adap = i2c_adap_template;
>  
> -	sprintf(usbvision->i2c_adap.name, "%s-%d-%s", i2c_adap_template.name,
> -		usbvision->dev->bus->busnum, usbvision->dev->devpath);
> +	sprintf(usbvision->i2c_adap.name, "usbvision-%d-%s",
> +		 usbvision->dev->bus->busnum, usbvision->dev->devpath);
>  	PDEBUG(DBG_I2C, "Adaptername: %s", usbvision->i2c_adap.name);
>  	usbvision->i2c_adap.dev.parent = &usbvision->dev->dev;
>  
>

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[PATCH 00/22] gcc-7 -Wformat-* warnings Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> - 2017-07-14 14:10 +0200
  [PATCH 01/22] kbuild: disable -Wformat-truncation warnings by default Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> - 2017-07-14 14:10 +0200
  [PATCH 02/22] scsi: megaraid: fix format-overflow warning Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> - 2017-07-14 14:10 +0200
  [PATCH 07/22] scsi: gdth: increase the procfs event buffer size Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> - 2017-07-14 14:20 +0200
  [PATCH 18/22] gpio: acpi: fix string overflow for large pin numbers Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> - 2017-07-14 14:20 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 18/22] gpio: acpi: fix string overflow for large pin  numbers Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com> - 2017-07-14 15:00 +0200
      Re: [PATCH 18/22] gpio: acpi: fix string overflow for large pin numbers Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> - 2017-07-14 22:00 +0200
  [PATCH 03/22] scsi: mpt3sas: fix format overflow warning Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> - 2017-07-14 14:20 +0200
  [PATCH 11/22] net: thunder_bgx: avoid format string overflow warning Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> - 2017-07-14 14:20 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 11/22] net: thunder_bgx: avoid format string overflow  warning Robin Murphy <robin.murphy@arm.com> - 2017-07-14 14:40 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 11/22] net: thunder_bgx: avoid format string overflow  warning David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> - 2017-07-14 18:10 +0200
  [PATCH 10/22] bnx2x: fix format overflow warning Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> - 2017-07-14 14:20 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 10/22] bnx2x: fix format overflow warning David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> - 2017-07-14 18:10 +0200
  [PATCH 21/22] fscache: fix fscache_objlist_show format processing Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> - 2017-07-14 14:20 +0200
  [PATCH 14/22] [media] usbvision-i2c: fix format overflow warning Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> - 2017-07-14 14:20 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 14/22] [media] usbvision-i2c: fix format overflow warning Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@xs4all.nl> - 2017-07-17 15:00 +0200
      Re: [PATCH 14/22] [media] usbvision-i2c: fix format overflow warning Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> - 2017-07-17 15:00 +0200
        Re: [PATCH 14/22] [media] usbvision-i2c: fix format overflow warning Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@xs4all.nl> - 2017-07-17 15:00 +0200
  [PATCH 04/22] scsi: fusion: fix string overflow warning Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> - 2017-07-14 14:20 +0200
    RE: [PATCH 04/22] scsi: fusion: fix string overflow warning David Laight <David.Laight@ACULAB.COM> - 2017-07-17 11:20 +0200
      Re: [PATCH 04/22] scsi: fusion: fix string overflow warning Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> - 2017-07-17 14:10 +0200
  [PATCH 15/22] hwmon: applesmc: fix format string overflow Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> - 2017-07-14 14:20 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 15/22] hwmon: applesmc: fix format string overflow Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> - 2017-07-14 16:10 +0200
  [PATCH 12/22] vmxnet3: avoid format strint overflow warning Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> - 2017-07-14 14:20 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 12/22] vmxnet3: avoid format strint overflow warning David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> - 2017-07-14 18:10 +0200
  [PATCH 17/22] platform/x86: alienware-wmi: fix format string overflow warning Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> - 2017-07-14 14:20 +0200
    RE: [PATCH 17/22] platform/x86: alienware-wmi: fix format string  overflow warning <Mario.Limonciello@dell.com> - 2017-07-14 20:40 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 17/22] platform/x86: alienware-wmi: fix format string  overflow warning Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@gmail.com> - 2017-07-14 21:20 +0200
      Re: [PATCH 17/22] platform/x86: alienware-wmi: fix format string  overflow warning Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> - 2017-07-14 21:40 +0200
        Re: [PATCH 17/22] platform/x86: alienware-wmi: fix format string  overflow warning Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@gmail.com> - 2017-07-14 21:50 +0200
  [PATCH 05/22] scsi: gdth: avoid buffer overflow warning Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> - 2017-07-14 14:20 +0200
  [PATCH 09/22] net: niu: fix format string overflow warning: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> - 2017-07-14 14:20 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 09/22] net: niu: fix format string overflow warning: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> - 2017-07-14 18:10 +0200
  [PATCH 08/22] isdn: divert: fix sprintf buffer overflow warning Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> - 2017-07-14 14:20 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 08/22] isdn: divert: fix sprintf buffer overflow warning David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> - 2017-07-14 18:10 +0200
  [PATCH 16/22] x86: intel-mid: fix a format string overflow warning Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> - 2017-07-14 14:20 +0200
  [PATCH 06/22] scsi: fnic: fix format string overflow warning Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> - 2017-07-14 14:20 +0200
  [PATCH 22/22] IB/mlx4: fix sprintf format warning Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> - 2017-07-14 14:20 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 22/22] IB/mlx4: fix sprintf format warning Leon Romanovsky <leon@kernel.org> - 2017-07-14 15:50 +0200
  [PATCH 20/22] sound: pci: avoid string overflow warnings Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> - 2017-07-14 14:20 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 20/22] sound: pci: avoid string overflow warnings Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de> - 2017-07-14 14:30 +0200
  [PATCH 13/22] liquidio: fix possible eeprom format string overflow Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> - 2017-07-14 14:20 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 13/22] liquidio: fix possible eeprom format string  overflow David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> - 2017-07-14 18:10 +0200
  [PATCH 19/22] block: DAC960: shut up format-overflow warning Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> - 2017-07-14 14:20 +0200

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