- Since strncpy(3) is not designed to write strings, but rather
(null-padded) character sequences (a.k.a. unterminated strings), we
had to manually append a '\0'. strlcpy(3) creates strings, so they
are always terminated. This removes dependencies between lines, and
also removes chances of accidents.
- Repurposing strncpy(3) to create strings requires calculating the
location of the terminating null byte, which involves a '-1'
calculation. This is a source of off-by-one bugs. The new code has
no '-1' calculations, so there's almost-zero chance of these bugs.
- strlcpy(3) doesn't padd with null bytes. Padding is relevant when
writing fixed-width buffers to binary files, when interfacing certain
APIs (I believe utmpx requires null padding at lease in some
systems), or when sending them to other processes or through the
network. This is not the case, so padding is effectively ignored.
- strlcpy(3) requires that the input string is really a string;
otherwise it crashes (SIGSEGV). Let's check if the input strings are
really strings:
- lib/fields.c:
- 'cp' was assigned from 'newft', and 'newft' comes from fgets(3).
- lib/gshadow.c:
- strlen(string) is calculated a few lines above.
- libmisc/console.c:
- 'cons' comes from getdef_str, which is a bit cryptic, but seems
to generate strings, I guess.1
- libmisc/date_to_str.c:
- It receives a string literal. :)
- libmisc/utmp.c:
- 'tname' comes from ttyname(3), which returns a string.
- src/su.c:
- 'tmp_name' has been passed to strcmp(3) a few lines above.
Signed-off-by: Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org>
libmisc/sulog.c, libmisc/hushed.c, libmisc/failure.c,
libmisc/loginprompt.c, libmisc/ttytype.c,
libmisc/pam_pass_non_interractive.c, src/userdel.c, src/login.c,
lib/commonio.c, lib/commonio.h: Fix some const issues.
* libmisc/motd.c: Avoid multi-statements lines.
* libmisc/motd.c: Support long MOTD_FILE.
* libmisc/list.c, lib/prototypes.h: Revert previous change.
dup_list and is_on_list are used with members as defined for the
group structure, and thus even if the list is not modified, the
list elements cannot be constant strings.
* libmisc/system.c: Avoid C++ comments.
* src/vipw.c: WITH_TCB cannot be tested inside a gettextized
string. Split the Usage string.
* lib/commonio.h: Re-indent.
libmisc/loginprompt.c, libmisc/ttytype.c, libmisc/tz.c,
src/login_nopam.c, src/chpasswd.c, src/chgpasswd.c, lib/port.c:
The size argument of fgets is an int, not a size_t.
* libmisc/loginprompt.c: Ignore the return value from signal()
when the signal handlers are restored.
* src/chpasswd.c: Cast the return value of time() to a long
integer.
* src/chpasswd.c: Use the SCALE macro instead of (24L * 3600L)
for the values to be set in /etc/shadow.
The default parameter should also be a bool.
* libmisc/console.c: Add brackets and parenthesis.
* libmisc/console.c: Avoid assignments in comparisons.
* libmisc/console.c: Change console() prototype to return a bool.
Files with no license use the default 3-clauses BSD license. The copyright
were mostly not recorded; they were updated according to the Changelog.
"Julianne Frances Haugh and contributors" changed to "copyright holders
and contributors".
lib/sgetpwent.c: Include "prototypes.h" to make
sure the exported prototypes are the ones used for the definition
of functions.
* lib/prototypes.h: Added prototypes for __gr_del_entry(),
__gr_get_db(), __gr_get_head(), __gr_set_changed(), __gr_dup(),
__pw_del_entry(), __pw_get_db(), __pw_get_head(), __pw_dup(),
sgetgrent(), sgetpwent(), __sgr_del_entry(), __sgr_dup(),
__sgr_get_head(), __sgr_set_changed(), __spw_get_head(),
__spw_del_entry(), __spw_dup().
* lib/prototypes.h: Removed prototype for is_listed().
* lib/prototypes.h: Added name of the check_su_auth()'s parameters.
* lib/groupio.h: Removed prototypes for __gr_dup() and
__gr_set_changed().
* lib/sgroupio.c: Removed prototypes for putsgent(), sgetsgent(),
and __gr_get_db().
* lib/sgroupio.h: Removed prototypes for __sgr_dup() and
__sgr_set_changed().
* lib/shadowio.c: Removed prototype for __pw_get_db().
* lib/pwio.c: Removed prototype for sgetpwent() and putpwent().
* lib/shadowio.h: Removed prototypes for __spw_dup() and
__spw_set_changed().
* lib/pwio.h: Removed prototypes for __pw_dup() and
__pw_set_changed().
* lib/commonio.h: Add protection against multiple inclusions.
* lib/prototypes.h: Include commonio.h (needed for the
__xx_del_entry() functions).
