Add header->ctl_table_size as an additional stopping criteria for the list_for_each_table_entry macro. In this way it will execute until it finds an "empty" ->procname or until the size runs out. Therefore if a ctl_table array with a sentinel is passed its size will be too big (by one element) but it will stop on the sentinel. On the other hand, if the ctl_table array without a sentinel is passed its size will be just write and there will be no need for a sentinel. Signed-off-by: Joel Granados <j.granados@xxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c index 6c0721cd35f3..3eea34d98d54 100644 --- a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c +++ b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c @@ -19,8 +19,9 @@ #include <linux/kmemleak.h> #include "internal.h" -#define list_for_each_table_entry(entry, header) \ - for ((entry) = (header->ctl_table); (entry)->procname; (entry)++) +#define list_for_each_table_entry(entry, header) \ + entry = header->ctl_table; \ + for (size_t i = 0 ; i < header->ctl_table_size && entry->procname; ++i, entry++) static const struct dentry_operations proc_sys_dentry_operations; static const struct file_operations proc_sys_file_operations; -- 2.30.2