[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] net/memif: use abstract socket address

[Ferruh Yigit]

On 10/7/2020 4:03 PM, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> On Mon, 5 Oct 2020 14:39:00 +0200
> Jakub Grajciar <jgrajcia at cisco.com> wrote:
> 
>> @@ -886,7 +886,12 @@ memif_socket_create(char *key, uint8_t listener)
>>   			goto error;
>>   
>>   		un.sun_family = AF_UNIX;
>> -		strlcpy(un.sun_path, sock->filename, MEMIF_SOCKET_UN_SIZE);
>> +		if (is_abstract) {
>> +			// abstract address
> No C++ comments please.
> 
>> +			un.sun_path[0] = '\0';
> Already set to zero when initialized.
> 
>> +	if (pmd->flags & ETH_MEMIF_FLAG_SOCKET_ABSTRACT) {
>> +		// abstract address
> ditto no C++ comments
> 
>> +		sun.sun_path[0] = '\0';
> again zeroed again
> 
>> +		memcpy(sun.sun_path + 1, pmd->socket_filename, sizeof(sun.sun_path) - 2);
>> +	} else
>> +		memcpy(sun.sun_path, pmd->socket_filename, sizeof(sun.sun_path) - 1);
> 
> This code is buggy since it potentially reads past the end of the strinc in filename.
> Use strlcpy here instead.
> 

Hi Jakub,

v2 is still using memcpy, have you seen Stephen's comment above?