If source string longer than max, kstrndup will alloc max+1 space. So, we should make sure the result will not over limit. Signed-off-by: Ma Shimiao <mashimiao.fnst@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/md/dm-log-writes.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-log-writes.c b/drivers/md/dm-log-writes.c index 189badbeddaf..3362d866793b 100644 --- a/drivers/md/dm-log-writes.c +++ b/drivers/md/dm-log-writes.c @@ -594,7 +594,7 @@ static int log_mark(struct log_writes_c *lc, char *data) return -ENOMEM; } - block->data = kstrndup(data, maxsize, GFP_KERNEL); + block->data = kstrndup(data, maxsize - 1, GFP_KERNEL); if (!block->data) { DMERR("Error copying mark data"); kfree(block); -- 2.13.6 -- dm-devel mailing list dm-devel@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/dm-devel