[PATCH v15 1/4] Add flags option to get xattr method paired to __vfs_getxattr

[Mark Salyzyn]

On 11/5/19 1:48 AM, Jan Kara wrote:
>> @@ -228,11 +228,11 @@ static int afs_xattr_get_yfs(const struct xattr_handler *handler,
>>   		break;
>>   	case 1:
>>   		data = buf;
>> -		dsize = snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%u", yacl->inherit_flag);
>> +		dsize = scnprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%u", yacl->inherit_flag);
>>   		break;
>>   	case 2:
>>   		data = buf;
>> -		dsize = snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%u", yacl->num_cleaned);
>> +		dsize = scnprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%u", yacl->num_cleaned);
>>   		break;
>>   	case 3:
> These scnprintf() changes (and there are more in the patch) probably
> shouldn't be here... Otherwise the patch still looks good to me :).
>
> 								Honza
>
Good catch, they were done in locality, I forgot about them, this patch 
series has been living for almost a year now and time has become its 
enemy ... will spin this as a separate patch. They strike as a security 
issue with the possibility of fragile UAF when the code is maintained by 
future selves.

-- Mark