Fix an out of bounds access reported in https://lore.kernel.org/oe-lkp/202311201431.57aae8f3-oliver.sang@xxxxxxxxx Make sure that the ctl_table header size is greater than 0 before evaluating if a ctl_table is permanently empty; this evaluation accesses the first element regardless of the size. Adjusted the ctl_table_size of Permanently empty ctl_table registers to 1 as they the check now requires them to have size greater than 0. Added tests for empty directory handling; in response to the path followed by empty ctl_tables changing slightly. Clarified the results of sysctl self tests to more easily identify which ones are OK, Skipped and Failed. Comments are greatly appreciated Best Signed-off-by: Joel Granados <j.granados@xxxxxxxxxxx> --- Joel Granados (3): sysctl: Fix out of bounds access for empty sysctl registers sysctl: Add a selftest for handling empty dirs sysclt: Clarify the results of selftest run fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c | 9 +- lib/test_sysctl.c | 29 ++++++ tools/testing/selftests/sysctl/sysctl.sh | 146 ++++++++++++++++++------------- 3 files changed, 121 insertions(+), 63 deletions(-) --- base-commit: 8b793bcda61f6c3ed4f5b2ded7530ef6749580cb change-id: 20231121-jag-fix_out_of_bounds_insert-86380d1bc95e Best regards, -- Joel Granados <j.granados@xxxxxxxxxxx>