[PATCH v3 5/6] test: fix impossible format-truncation in cfgfiles

fengchengwen fengchengwen at huawei.com
Tue Nov 18 03:22:35 CET 2025


On 11/18/2025 1:52 AM, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> Although, it is not possible on Linux (which always uses /tmp)
> the compiler complains about possible snprintf() truncation.
> Simplest fix is to just increase the size of the filename variable.
> 
> Fixes: be22019a58c4 ("test: restore cfgfile tests")
> Cc: stable at dpdk.org
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen at networkplumber.org>
> ---
>  app/test/test_cfgfile.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/app/test/test_cfgfile.c b/app/test/test_cfgfile.c
> index b189d9d7a5..823b48e1fa 100644
> --- a/app/test/test_cfgfile.c
> +++ b/app/test/test_cfgfile.c
> @@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ static int
>  test_cfgfile_realloc_sections(void)
>  {
>  	struct rte_cfgfile *cfgfile;
> -	char filename[PATH_MAX];
> +	char filename[PATH_MAX + NAME_MAX];

there are many other function invoke make_tmp_file(), such as test_cfgfile_invalid_section_header.

I think we could modify make_tmp_file(): snprintf(filename, PATH_MAX - NAME_MAX, ...).

>  	int ret;
>  	const char *value;
>  



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