Re: bin/38201: Potential lack of null termination when copying a string

To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Subject: Re: bin/38201: Potential lack of null termination when copying a string
From: David Holland <dholland-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost>
Date: Sat, 8 Mar 2008 22:25:46 +0000

On Sat, Mar 08, 2008 at 07:55:01PM +0000, netbsd%happyjack.org@localhost wrote:
 > [who/utmpentry.c]
 >
 > In two places, the wrong object is null-terminated after a
 > strncpy(), resulting in a potential lack of null termination.

Good catch... but it turns out that those null terminations are
neither necessary nor useful. I will clean up the mess...

-- 
David A. Holland
dholland%netbsd.org@localhost

References:
- bin/38201: Potential lack of null termination when copying a string
  - From: netbsd

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