The patch titled
sysctl: check length at deprecated_sysctl_warning
has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was
sysctl-check-length-at-deprecated_sysctl_warning.patch
This patch was dropped because it was merged into mainline or a subsystem tree
------------------------------------------------------
Subject: sysctl: check length at deprecated_sysctl_warning
From: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Original patch assumed args->nlen < CTL_MAXNAME, but it can be false.
Signed-off-by: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/sysctl.c | 4 ++++
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
diff -puN kernel/sysctl.c~sysctl-check-length-at-deprecated_sysctl_warning kernel/sysctl.c
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c~sysctl-check-length-at-deprecated_sysctl_warning
+++ a/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -2620,6 +2620,10 @@ static int deprecated_sysctl_warning(str
int name[CTL_MAXNAME];
int i;
+ /* Check args->nlen. */
+ if (args->nlen < 0 || args->nlen > CTL_MAXNAME)
+ return -ENOTDIR;
+
/* Read in the sysctl name for better debug message logging */
for (i = 0; i < args->nlen; i++)
if (get_user(name[i], args->name + i))
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from penguin-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are
origin.patch
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
