[dpdk-stable] [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v1] examples/vm_power: fix strcpy buffer overrun
Bruce Richardson
bruce.richardson at intel.com
Fri Jul 12 16:47:51 CEST 2019
On Fri, Jul 12, 2019 at 03:04:02PM +0100, David Hunt wrote:
> replace strcpy with rte_strlcpy to prevent buffer overrun
> With fix, attempting to use a VERY lonng vm name results in a nicely
> truncated 32 character name rather than a segfault:
> Setting VM Name to [sdfdsfsfsdffdsdsasdsadasdakjshd]
>
> Cc: stable at dpdk.org
> Fixes: 59287933a0bb ("examples/vm_power: add options to guest app")
> Signed-off-by: David Hunt <david.hunt at intel.com>
> ---
> examples/vm_power_manager/guest_cli/main.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/examples/vm_power_manager/guest_cli/main.c b/examples/vm_power_manager/guest_cli/main.c
> index 36365b124..a18eb214a 100644
> --- a/examples/vm_power_manager/guest_cli/main.c
> +++ b/examples/vm_power_manager/guest_cli/main.c
> @@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ parse_args(int argc, char **argv)
> switch (opt) {
> /* portmask */
> case 'n':
> - strcpy(policy->vm_name, optarg);
> + rte_strlcpy(policy->vm_name, optarg, VM_MAX_NAME_SZ);
> printf("Setting VM Name to [%s]\n", policy->vm_name);
> break;
> case 'b':
> --
You can just use "strlcpy" without the "rte_" prefix. The rte_ version is
just a fallback used when a standard strlcpy - either natively or from
libbsd - is unavailable.
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