In case KEY_BACKSPACE or KEY_DC to delete a char, it memmove only (len-cursor_position+1) bytes; the default case is to insert a char, it should also memmove only (len-cursor_position+1) bytes; the original use of (len+1) is wrong and may access following memory that doesn't belong to result, may cause SegFault in theroy; case KEY_BACKSPACE: if (cursor_position > 0) { memmove(&result[cursor_position-1], &result[cursor_position], len-cursor_position+1); cursor_position--; } break; case KEY_DC: if (cursor_position >= 0 && cursor_position < len) { memmove(&result[cursor_position], &result[cursor_position+1], len-cursor_position+1); } break; default: if ((isgraph(res) || isspace(res)) && len-2 < result_len) { /* insert the char at the proper position */ memmove(&result[cursor_position+1], &result[cursor_position], len-cursor_position+1); result[cursor_position] = res; cursor_position++; } Signed-off-by: Cheng Renquan <crquan@xxxxxxxxx> --- scripts/kconfig/nconf.gui.c | 2 +- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/nconf.gui.c b/scripts/kconfig/nconf.gui.c index d3af04e..3ce2a7c 100644 --- a/scripts/kconfig/nconf.gui.c +++ b/scripts/kconfig/nconf.gui.c @@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ int dialog_inputbox(WINDOW *main_window, /* insert the char at the proper position */ memmove(&result[cursor_position+1], &result[cursor_position], - len+1); + len-cursor_position+1); result[cursor_position] = res; cursor_position++; } else { -- 1.7.6 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kbuild" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html