[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] examples/ip_pipeline: fix buffer not null terminated

Singh, Jasvinder jasvinder.singh at intel.com
Thu Apr 19 10:35:26 CEST 2018



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pattan, Reshma
> Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2018 5:58 PM
> To: dev at dpdk.org
> Cc: Singh, Jasvinder <jasvinder.singh at intel.com>; Pattan, Reshma
> <reshma.pattan at intel.com>
> Subject: [PATCH] examples/ip_pipeline: fix buffer not null terminated
> 
> Copying source string of length equal to sizeof(profile->name) will not append
> the NULL in destination.
> 
> Using strlcpy in place of strncpy fixes this issue as strlcpy guarantees NULL
> termination.
> 
> Coverity issue: 272580
> Fixes: 719374345c ("examples/ip_pipeline: add action profile objects")
> CC: jasvinder.singh at intel.com
> 
> Signed-off-by: Reshma Pattan <reshma.pattan at intel.com>
> ---
>  examples/ip_pipeline/action.c | 4 +++-
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/examples/ip_pipeline/action.c b/examples/ip_pipeline/action.c
> index 77a04fe19..d2cd7286c 100644
> --- a/examples/ip_pipeline/action.c
> +++ b/examples/ip_pipeline/action.c
> @@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
>  #include <stdlib.h>
>  #include <string.h>
> 
> +#include <rte_string_fns.h>
> +
>  #include "action.h"
>  #include "hash_func.h"
> 
> @@ -345,7 +347,7 @@ table_action_profile_create(const char *name,
>  	}
> 
>  	/* Node fill in */
> -	strncpy(profile->name, name, sizeof(profile->name));
> +	strlcpy(profile->name, name, sizeof(profile->name));
>  	memcpy(&profile->params, params, sizeof(*params));
>  	profile->ap = ap;
> 
> --
> 2.14.3
Reviewed-by: Jasvinder Singh <jasvinder.singh at intel.com>



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