"Michael D. Setzer II via busybox" <[email protected]> writes:

> On 29 Mar 2026 at 13:20, Alyssa Ross via busybox wrote:
>
> To:                   [email protected]
> Subject:              [PATCH] build system: fix potential buffer overflow
> Date sent:            Sun, 29 Mar 2026 13:20:36 +0200
> From:                 Alyssa Ross via busybox <[email protected]>
> Send reply to:        Alyssa Ross <[email protected]>
>
>> This could potentially write one byte past the end of line.
>> Identified by fortify-headers.
>> ---
>>  scripts/basic/split-include.c | 2 +-
>>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>> 
>> diff --git a/scripts/basic/split-include.c b/scripts/basic/split-include.c
>> index 6ef29195e..93011d511 100644
>> --- a/scripts/basic/split-include.c
>> +++ b/scripts/basic/split-include.c
>> @@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ int main(int argc, const char * argv [])
>>      ERROR_EXIT( "find" );
>>  
>>      line[0] = '\n';
>> -    while (fgets(line+1, buffer_size, fp_find))
>> +    while (fgets(line+1, buffer_size-1, fp_find))
>>      {
>>      if (strstr(list_target, line) == NULL)
>>      {
>> -- 
>> 2.53.0
>> 
>
> Question: Looked at file and there are multiple fgets lines.
>
> cat -n split-include.c | grep fgets
>    105            while (fgets(line, buffer_size, fp_config))
>    134                    if (!fgets(old_line, buffer_size, fp_target) && 
> ferror(fp_target))
>    189             * fgets gives the incoming names a terminating \n.
>    198            while (fgets(line+1, buffer_size, fp_find))
>
> 189 is part of a comment, but wouldn't fix also apply to other lines?

I don't think so…  The other ones don't offset their buffer.

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