RE: [PATCH 3/5] usb: fotg210-hcd: Replace snprintf() with the safer scnprintf() variant

[David Laight]

From: Lee Jones
> Sent: 30 November 2023 10:55
> 
> There is a general misunderstanding amongst engineers that {v}snprintf()
> returns the length of the data *actually* encoded into the destination
> array.  However, as per the C99 standard {v}snprintf() really returns
> the length of the data that *would have been* written if there were
> enough space for it.  This misunderstanding has led to buffer-overruns
> in the past.  It's generally considered safer to use the {v}scnprintf()
> variants in their place (or even sprintf() in simple cases).  So let's
> do that.
> 
> The uses in this file both seem to assume that data *has been* written!
...
> -		temp = snprintf(next, size,
> -				"\n\t%p%c%s len=%d %08x urb %p",
> -				td, mark, ({ char *tmp;
...
> -		if (size < temp)
> -			temp = size;

That is actually a bug - even though it is trying to be correct.
The trailing '\0' that snprintf() adds (unless you are using the
M$ one) will end up in the buffer.

	David

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