We keep getting requests from people that think that this might be
an exploitable hole where we would overwrite 4 bytes in the netdev
struct if the pci name would exceed 15 characters. In reality this
will never happen but we fix it anyway.
Signed-off-by: Auke Kok <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
---
drivers/net/e100.c | 2 +-
drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c | 2 +-
drivers/net/ixgb/ixgb_main.c | 2 +-
3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/e100.c b/drivers/net/e100.c
index d9750e2..ab0868c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/e100.c
+++ b/drivers/net/e100.c
@@ -2572,7 +2572,7 @@ static int __devinit e100_probe(struct p
#ifdef CONFIG_NET_POLL_CONTROLLER
netdev->poll_controller = e100_netpoll;
#endif
- strcpy(netdev->name, pci_name(pdev));
+ strncpy(netdev->name, pci_name(pdev), sizeof(netdev->name) - 1);
nic = netdev_priv(netdev);
nic->netdev = netdev;
diff --git a/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c b/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c
index 75de83e..dd01fdc 100644
--- a/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c
@@ -759,7 +759,7 @@ e1000_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev,
#ifdef CONFIG_NET_POLL_CONTROLLER
netdev->poll_controller = e1000_netpoll;
#endif
- strcpy(netdev->name, pci_name(pdev));
+ strncpy(netdev->name, pci_name(pdev), sizeof(netdev->name) - 1);
netdev->mem_start = mmio_start;
netdev->mem_end = mmio_start + mmio_len;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ixgb/ixgb_main.c b/drivers/net/ixgb/ixgb_main.c
index ad604fe..949e5de 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ixgb/ixgb_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ixgb/ixgb_main.c
@@ -437,7 +437,7 @@ ixgb_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev,
netdev->poll_controller = ixgb_netpoll;
#endif
- strcpy(netdev->name, pci_name(pdev));
+ strncpy(netdev->name, pci_name(pdev), sizeof(netdev->name) - 1);
netdev->mem_start = mmio_start;
netdev->mem_end = mmio_start + mmio_len;
netdev->base_addr = adapter->hw.io_base;
---
Auke Kok <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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