On Sat, 2010-03-20 at 12:53 +0800, wzt.wzt@xxxxxxxxx wrote: > Make cfg80211_dev_rename() check sscanf return value. > > Signed-off-by: Zhitong Wang <zhitong.wangzt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > --- > net/wireless/core.c | 4 +++- > 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/net/wireless/core.c b/net/wireless/core.c > index 80afacd..8e815b4 100644 > --- a/net/wireless/core.c > +++ b/net/wireless/core.c > @@ -146,7 +146,9 @@ int cfg80211_dev_rename(struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev, > int idx, taken = -1, result, digits; > > /* prohibit calling the thing phy%d when %d is not its number */ > - sscanf(newname, PHY_NAME "%d%n", &idx, &taken); > + if (sscanf(newname, PHY_NAME "%d%n", &idx, &taken) != 2) > + return -EINVAL; > + Umm, no, your patch breaks it completely. Look at the logic again. johannes -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html