From: Doug Goldstein Date: Wed, 1 May 2013 16:30:26 +0000 (-0500) Subject: alsactl: sprintf to snprintf prevent buffer overflow X-Git-Tag: v1.0.27.1~6 X-Git-Url: https://git.alsa-project.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=888275e66cad77c99c747af5cc5dc981059d0078;p=alsa-utils.git alsactl: sprintf to snprintf prevent buffer overflow sprintf() is a bit dangerous unless you explicitly know your type size and want to keep it in sync always. Its safer to just use snprintf() and ensure your string doesn't overflow and is NULL terminated. Signed-off-by: Doug Goldstein Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai --- diff --git a/alsactl/lock.c b/alsactl/lock.c index fce208b..587a109 100644 --- a/alsactl/lock.c +++ b/alsactl/lock.c @@ -53,9 +53,9 @@ static int state_lock_(const char *file, int lock, int timeout) lck.l_len = 11; lck.l_pid = 0; if (lock) { - sprintf(lcktxt, "%10li\n", (long)getpid()); + snprintf(lcktxt, sizeof(lcktxt), "%10li\n", (long)getpid()); } else { - sprintf(lcktxt, "%10s\n", ""); + snprintf(lcktxt, sizeof(lcktxt), "%10s\n", ""); } while (fd < 0 && timeout-- > 0) { fd = open(nfile, O_RDWR);