From: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2013 12:02:32 +0300 > "tty->name" and "name" are a 64 character buffers. My static checker > complains because we add the "cf" on the front so it look like we are > copying a 66 character string into a 64 character buffer. > > Also if the name is larger than IFNAMSIZ (16) it triggers a BUG_ON() > inside the call to alloc_netdev(). > > This is all under CAP_SYS_ADMIN so it's not a security fix, it just adds > a little robustness. > > Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> Applied. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kernel-janitors" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
