libbb: ensure mode_string is NUL terminated

If the mode_string array is no longer static we can't rely on
it being NUL terminated.

function                                             old     new   delta
bb_mode_string                                       115     118      +3

Signed-off-by: Ron Yorston <rmy@pobox.com>
Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com>

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/libbb/mode_string.c b/libbb/mode_string.c
index 2b829016f..8c12b4684 100644
--- a/libbb/mode_string.c
+++ b/libbb/mode_string.c
@@ -66,10 +66,7 @@ char* FAST_FUNC bb_mode_string(char buf[12], mode_t mode)
                 i += 4;
         } while (i < 12);
 
-        /* Note: We don't bother with nul termination because bss initialization
-         * should have taken care of that for us.  If the user scribbled in buf
-         * memory, they deserve whatever happens.  But we'll at least assert. */
-        assert(buf[10] == 0);
+        buf[10] = '\0';
 
         return buf;
 }
@@ -79,7 +76,7 @@ char* FAST_FUNC bb_mode_string(char buf[12], mode_t mode)
 /* The previous version used "0pcCd?bB-?l?s???".  However, the '0', 'C',
  * and 'B' types don't appear to be available on linux.  So I removed them. */
 static const char type_chars[16] ALIGN1 = "?pc?d?b?-?l?s???";
-/********************************** 0123456789abcdef */
+/***************************************** 0123456789abcdef */
 static const char mode_chars[7] ALIGN1 = "rwxSTst";
 
 char* FAST_FUNC bb_mode_string(char buf[12], mode_t mode)
@@ -107,10 +104,7 @@ char* FAST_FUNC bb_mode_string(char buf[12], mode_t mode)
                 }
         } while (i < 3);
 
-        /* Note: We don't bother with nul termination because bss initialization
-         * should have taken care of that for us.  If the user scribbled in buf
-         * memory, they deserve whatever happens.  But we'll at least assert. */
-        assert(buf[10] == 0);
+        buf[10] = '\0';
 
         return buf;
 }