The patch titled
Subject: sysctl-terminate-strings-also-on-r-fix
has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was
sysctl-terminate-strings-also-on-r-fix.patch
This patch was dropped because it was folded into sysctl-terminate-strings-also-on-r.patch
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From: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: sysctl-terminate-strings-also-on-r-fix
add missing comment
Cc: Aaron Tomlin <atomlin@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: David Rientjes <rientjes@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Paul Wise <pabs3@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/sysctl.c | 4 ++++
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
diff -puN kernel/sysctl.c~sysctl-terminate-strings-also-on-r-fix kernel/sysctl.c
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c~sysctl-terminate-strings-also-on-r-fix
+++ a/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -1749,6 +1749,10 @@ static int _proc_do_string(char *data, i
while ((p - buffer) < *lenp && len < maxlen - 1) {
if (get_user(c, p++))
return -EFAULT;
+ /*
+ * \r terminates input to partially prevent attackers
+ * from hiding info from sysadmins who use cat
+ */
if (c == 0 || c == '\n' || c == '\r')
break;
data[len++] = c;
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are
origin.patch
i-need-old-gcc.patch
arch-alpha-kernel-systblss-remove-debug-check.patch
lib-show_mem-this-patch-adds-cma-reserved-infromation.patch
input-route-kbd-leds-through-the-generic-leds-layer.patch
o2dlm-fix-null-pointer-dereference-in-o2dlm_blocking_ast_wrapper.patch
ocfs2-free-inode-when-i_count-becomes-zero.patch
ocfs2-add-functions-to-add-and-remove-inode-in-orphan-dir.patch
mm.patch
mm-replace-remap_file_pages-syscall-with-emulation.patch
mm-page_allocc-__alloc_pages_nodemask-dont-alter-arg-gfp_mask.patch
mm-page_allocc-__alloc_pages_nodemask-dont-alter-arg-gfp_mask-fix.patch
mm-introduce-do_shared_fault-and-drop-do_fault-fix-fix.patch
x86-add-pmd_-for-thp-fix.patch
sparc-add-pmd_-for-thp-fix.patch
do_shared_fault-check-that-mmap_sem-is-held.patch
sysctl-terminate-strings-also-on-r.patch
linux-next.patch
linux-next-git-rejects.patch
drivers-gpio-gpio-zevioc-fix-build.patch
tools-testing-selftests-makefile-alphasort-the-targets-list.patch
journal_add_journal_head-debug.patch
journal_add_journal_head-debug-fix.patch
kernel-forkc-export-kernel_thread-to-modules.patch
mutex-subsystem-synchro-test-module.patch
slab-leaks3-default-y.patch
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