If the core_pattern (proc/sys/core_pattern) is set to an empty string a core dump is still made but to a file with a filename set by an uninitialized buffer in format_corename(). This patch fixes the use of the uninitialized buffer and also aborts the core dump with a warning message when core_pattern is set to an empty string. Tested and developed against 3.11-rc2 Signed-off-by: Daniel Nilsson <daniel@xxxxxxx> --- fs/coredump.c | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) diff --git a/fs/coredump.c b/fs/coredump.c index 72f816d..5035402 100644 --- a/fs/coredump.c +++ b/fs/coredump.c @@ -170,6 +170,11 @@ static int format_corename(struct core_name *cn, struct coredump_params *cprm) if (ispipe) ++pat_ptr; + if (*pat_ptr == '\0') { + err = cn_printf(cn, ""); + goto out; + } + /* Repeat as long as we have more pattern to process and more output space */ while (*pat_ptr) { @@ -617,6 +622,13 @@ void do_coredump(siginfo_t *siginfo) goto fail_unlock; } + if (cn.corename[0] == '\0') { + printk(KERN_WARNING + "core_pattern contains an empty string!\n"); + printk(KERN_WARNING "Skipping core dump\n"); + goto fail_unlock; + } + cprm.file = filp_open(cn.corename, O_CREAT | 2 | O_NOFOLLOW | O_LARGEFILE | flag, 0600); -- 1.7.9.5 -- 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