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Re: [PATCH v4 4/9] em28xx: fix em28xx_dvb_init for KASAN

From Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: [PATCH v4 4/9] em28xx: fix em28xx_dvb_init for KASAN
Date 2017-09-26 08:40 +0200
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On Mon, Sep 25, 2017 at 7:41 AM, David Laight <David.Laight@aculab.com> wrote:
> From: Arnd Bergmann
>> Sent: 22 September 2017 22:29
> ...
>> It seems that this is triggered in part by using strlcpy(), which the
>> compiler doesn't recognize as copying at most 'len' bytes, since strlcpy
>> is not part of the C standard.
>
> Neither is strncpy().
>
> It'll almost certainly be a marker in a header file somewhere,
> so it should be possibly to teach it about other functions.

I'm currently travelling and haven't investigated in detail, but from
taking a closer look here, I found that the hardened 'strlcpy()'
in include/linux/string.h triggers it. There is also a hardened
(much shorted) 'strncpy()' that doesn't trigger it in the same file,
and having only the extern declaration of strncpy also doesn't.

        Arnd

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[PATCH v4 4/9] em28xx: fix em28xx_dvb_init for KASAN Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> - 2017-09-22 23:40 +0200
  RE: [PATCH v4 4/9] em28xx: fix em28xx_dvb_init for KASAN David Laight <David.Laight@ACULAB.COM> - 2017-09-25 16:50 +0200
    Re: [PATCH v4 4/9] em28xx: fix em28xx_dvb_init for KASAN Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> - 2017-09-26 08:40 +0200
      Re: [PATCH v4 4/9] em28xx: fix em28xx_dvb_init for KASAN Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> - 2017-09-26 08:50 +0200
        Re: [PATCH v4 4/9] em28xx: fix em28xx_dvb_init for KASAN Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> - 2017-09-27 15:30 +0200
          Re: [PATCH v4 4/9] em28xx: fix em28xx_dvb_init for KASAN Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> - 2017-09-28 16:40 +0200
            Re: [PATCH v4 4/9] em28xx: fix em28xx_dvb_init for KASAN Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> - 2017-10-02 10:40 +0200
              [PATCH] string.h: work around for increased stack usage Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> - 2017-10-02 10:50 +0200
                Re: [PATCH] string.h: work around for increased stack usage Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> - 2017-10-02 11:10 +0200

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