[LTP] [PATCH 1/3] lib: Avoid loop_info.lo_name buffer overflow
Andrea Cervesato
andrea.cervesato@suse.com
Tue Jul 28 16:19:24 CEST 2026
Hi Petr,
> I suppose strncpy() is recommended as safer alternative to strcpy(),
> right? Shouldn't we check for strlen(file) is not longer than
> sizeof(loopinfo.lo_name) -1 while we are at it?
we don't need to check for strlen(file) because strncpy() copy
min(strlen(loopinfo.lo_name), strlen(file)) chars at max.
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Andrea Cervesato
SUSE QE Automation Engineer Linux
andrea.cervesato@suse.com
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