On Thu, 08 Sep 2011 10:39:24 +1000 Ryan Mallon <rmallon@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Replace valid_arg_len function in fs/exec.c with max_arg_len function > and pass the correct length to strnlen_user. > > --- a/fs/exec.c > +++ b/fs/exec.c > @@ -296,9 +296,9 @@ err: > return err; > } > > -static bool valid_arg_len(struct linux_binprm *bprm, long len) > +static long max_arg_len(struct linux_binprm *bprm) > { > - return len <= MAX_ARG_STRLEN; > + return MAX_ARG_STRLEN; > } > > #else > @@ -354,9 +354,9 @@ static int __bprm_mm_init(struct linux_binprm *bprm) > return 0; > } > > -static bool valid_arg_len(struct linux_binprm *bprm, long len) > +static long max_arg_len(struct linux_binprm *bprm) > { > - return len <= bprm->p; > + return bprm->p; > } > > #endif /* CONFIG_MMU */ > @@ -474,18 +474,19 @@ static int copy_strings(int argc, struct user_arg_ptr argv, > const char __user *str; > int len; > unsigned long pos; > + long max_len = max_arg_len(bprm); > > ret = -EFAULT; > str = get_user_arg_ptr(argv, argc); > if (IS_ERR(str)) > goto out; > > - len = strnlen_user(str, MAX_ARG_STRLEN); > - if (!len || len > MAX_ARG_STRLEN) > + len = strnlen_user(str, max_len); > + if (!len) > goto out; > > ret = -E2BIG; > - if (!valid_arg_len(bprm, len)) > + if (len > max_len) > goto out; > > /* We're going to work our way backwords. */ I'm struggling to find a reason to merge this - it churns code around rather pointlessly? -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html