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Date:      Wed, 8 Apr 2020 11:28:27 -0700
From:      Enji Cooper <yaneurabeya@gmail.com>
To:        Kyle Evans <kevans@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        src-committers <src-committers@freebsd.org>, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r359689 - head/usr.sbin/config
Message-ID:  <8AAE567D-BEC5-4AF1-B290-D4EA833ED96A@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <202004071414.037EEx5Q057793@repo.freebsd.org>
References:  <202004071414.037EEx5Q057793@repo.freebsd.org>

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> On Apr 7, 2020, at 7:14 AM, Kyle Evans <kevans@FreeBSD.org> wrote:
>=20
> Author: kevans
> Date: Tue Apr  7 14:14:59 2020
> New Revision: 359689
> URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/359689
>=20
> Log:
>  config(8): "fix" a couple of buffer overflows
>=20
>  Recently added/changed lines in various kernel configs have caused =
some
>  buffer overflows that went undetected. These were detected with a =
config
>  built using -fno-common as these line buffers smashed one of our =
arrays,
>  then further triaged with ASAN.
>=20
>  Double the sizes; this is really not a great fix, but addresses the
>  immediate need until someone rewrites config. While here, add some =
bounds
>  checking so that we don't need to detect this by random bus errors or =
other
>  weird failures.

	Good catch! This seems like it deserves a follow up PR in =
Bugzilla.
Cheers,
-Enji=



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