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a user-supplied format string against a fallback format string to ensure that they will consume arguments of the same type. libc minor bump for new API entry point.
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3.7 KiB
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102 lines
3.7 KiB
Groff
.\" $NetBSD: fmtcheck.3,v 1.1 2000/10/20 18:46:10 briggs Exp $
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.\" Copyright (c) 2000 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
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.\" This file was contributed to The NetBSD Foundation by Allen Briggs.
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.Dd October 17, 2000
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.Os
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.Dt FMTCHECK 3
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm fmtcheck
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.Nd sanitizes user-supplied printf(3)-style format string
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.Sh LIBRARY
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.Lb libc
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Fd #include <stdio.h>
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.Ft const char *
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.Fn fmtcheck "const char *fmt_suspect" "const char *fmt_default"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Nm
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function scans
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.Fa fmt_suspect
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and
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.Fa fmt_default
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to determine if
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.Fa fmt_suspect
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will consume the same argument types as
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.Fa fmt_default
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and to ensure that
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.Fa fmt_suspect
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is a valid format string.
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.Pp
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The
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.Xr printf 3
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family of functions can not verify the types of arguments that they are
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passed at run-time. In some cases, like
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.Xr catgets 3 ,
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it is useful or necessary to use a user-supplied format string with no
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guarantee that the format string matches the specified parameters.
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.Pp
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The
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.Nm
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function was designed to be used in these cases, as in:
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.Bd -literal -offset indent
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printf(fmtcheck(user_format, standard_format), arg1, arg2);
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.Ed
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.Pp
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In the check, field widths, fillers, precisions, etc. are ignored (unless
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the field width or precision is an asterisk
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.Ql *
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instead of a digit string). Also, any text other than the format specifiers
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is completely ignored.
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.Pp
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Note that the formats may be quite different as long as they accept the
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same parameters. For example, ".Dq %p %o %30s %#llx %-10.*e %n" is
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compatible with "This number %lu %d%% and string %s has %qd numbers
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and %.*g floats (%n)." However, "%o" is not equivalent to "%lx" because
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the first requires an integer and the second requires a long.
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.Sh RETURN VALUES
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If
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.Fa fmt_suspect
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is a valid format and consumes the same argument types as
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.Fa fmt_default ,
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then the
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.Nm
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function will return
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.Fa fmt_suspect .
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Otherwise, it will return
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.Fa fmt_default .
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr printf 3
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