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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH for-2.8] ui/vnc: Fix problem with sending too ma


From: Eric Blake
Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH for-2.8] ui/vnc: Fix problem with sending too many bytes as server name
Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2016 11:31:36 -0600
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On 11/21/2016 11:25 AM, Thomas Huth wrote:
> If the buffer is not big enough, snprintf() does not return the number
> of bytes that have been written to the buffer, but the number of bytes
> that would be needed for writing the whole string. By using this value
> for the following vnc_write() calls, we send some junk at the end of
> the name in case the qemu_name is longer than 1017 bytes, which could
> confuse the VNC clients. Fix this by adding an additional size check
> here.
> 
> Buglink: https://bugs.launchpad.net/qemu/+bug/1637447
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Huth <address@hidden>
> ---
>  ui/vnc.c | 8 ++++++--
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Reviewed-by: Eric Blake <address@hidden>

Worth having in 2.8, I think.

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Eric Blake   eblake redhat com    +1-919-301-3266
Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org

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