Re: [patch v2] cx231xx: card->driver "Conexant cx231xx Audio" toolong

From: Joe Perches
Date: Mon Mar 22 2010 - 11:43:53 EST


On Mon, 2010-03-22 at 18:39 +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> card->driver is 15 characters and a NULL, the original code could
> cause a buffer overflow.

> In version 2, I used a better name that Takashi Iwai suggested.

Perhaps it's better to use strncpy as well.


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