Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2016 22:21:20 +0000 From: bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: [Bug 208965] extattr(2) doesn't allow attribute names of length EXTATTR_MAXNAMELEN Message-ID: <bug-208965-8@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>
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https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3D208965 Bug ID: 208965 Summary: extattr(2) doesn't allow attribute names of length EXTATTR_MAXNAMELEN Product: Base System Version: 11.0-CURRENT Hardware: amd64 OS: Any Status: New Severity: Affects Many People Priority: --- Component: kern Assignee: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Reporter: asomers@FreeBSD.org CC: freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.org CC: freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.org extattr(2) claims that attribute names may be up to EXTATTR_MAXNAMELEN in length. However, in practice it only allows attribute names of up to EXTATTR_MAXNAMELEN - 1. [alans@alans-fbsd-head2 /tmp]$ touch foo [alans@alans-fbsd-head2 /tmp]$ ATTRNAME=3D`jot -b X -s "" 255 0` [alans@alans-fbsd-head2 /tmp]$ setextattr user $ATTRNAME myvalue foo setextattr: foo: failed: File name too long --=20 You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.=
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