Subject: + arch-frv-kernel-setupc-use-strncmp-instead-of-memcmp.patch added to -mm tree
To: gang.chen@xxxxxxxxxxx,dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx
From: akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Fri, 31 May 2013 14:49:03 -0700
The patch titled
Subject: arch/frv/kernel/setup.c: use strncmp() instead of memcmp()
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
arch-frv-kernel-setupc-use-strncmp-instead-of-memcmp.patch
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From: Chen Gang <gang.chen@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: arch/frv/kernel/setup.c: use strncmp() instead of memcmp()
'cmdline' is a NUL terminated string, when its length < 4, memcmp()
will cause memory access out of boundary.
So use strncmp() instead of memcmp().
Signed-off-by: Chen Gang <gang.chen@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/frv/kernel/setup.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff -puN arch/frv/kernel/setup.c~arch-frv-kernel-setupc-use-strncmp-instead-of-memcmp arch/frv/kernel/setup.c
--- a/arch/frv/kernel/setup.c~arch-frv-kernel-setupc-use-strncmp-instead-of-memcmp
+++ a/arch/frv/kernel/setup.c
@@ -735,7 +735,7 @@ static void __init parse_cmdline_early(c
/* "mem=XXX[kKmM]" sets SDRAM size to <mem>, overriding the value we worked
* out from the SDRAM controller mask register
*/
- if (!memcmp(cmdline, "mem=", 4)) {
+ if (!strncmp(cmdline, "mem=", 4)) {
unsigned long long mem_size;
mem_size = memparse(cmdline + 4, &cmdline);
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from gang.chen@xxxxxxxxxxx are
linux-next.patch
lib-mpi-mpicoderc-looping-issue-need-stop-when-equal-to-zero-found-by-extra_flags=-w.patch
kernel-audit_treec-audit_add_tree_rule-protect-rule-from-kill_rules.patch
kernel-auditfilterc-fix-leak-in-audit_add_rule-error-path.patch
posix-timers-correctly-get-dying-task-time-sample-in-posix_cpu_timer_schedule.patch
vfs-fix-invalid-ida_remove-call.patch
mm-page_allocc-add-additional-checking-and-return-value-for-the-table-data.patch
mm-nommuc-add-additional-check-for-vread-just-like-vwrite-has-done.patch
arch-frv-kernel-trapsc-using-vsnprintf-instead-of-vsprintf.patch
arch-frv-kernel-setupc-use-strncmp-instead-of-memcmp.patch
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