The directory strings stored in the readdir cache may be used with printk(), so it is better to ensure they are nul-terminated. Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/nfs/dir.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/fs/nfs/dir.c b/fs/nfs/dir.c index 90467b44ec13..60387dec9032 100644 --- a/fs/nfs/dir.c +++ b/fs/nfs/dir.c @@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ static int nfs_readdir_make_qstr(struct qstr *string, const char *name, unsigned int len) { string->len = len; - string->name = kmemdup(name, len, GFP_KERNEL); + string->name = kmemdup_nul(name, len, GFP_KERNEL); if (string->name == NULL) return -ENOMEM; /* -- 2.24.1