commit: df1778be1a33edffa51d094eeda87c858ded6560 From: Xi Wang <xi.wang@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2013 17:05:21 -0800 Subject: sysctl: fix null checking in bin_dn_node_address() The null check of `strchr() + 1' is broken, which is always non-null, leading to OOB read. Instead, check the result of strchr(). Signed-off-by: Xi Wang <xi.wang@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/sysctl_binary.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/kernel/sysctl_binary.c b/kernel/sysctl_binary.c index b25115e..ebf7235 100644 --- a/kernel/sysctl_binary.c +++ b/kernel/sysctl_binary.c @@ -1171,9 +1171,10 @@ static ssize_t bin_dn_node_address(struct file *file, /* Convert the decnet address to binary */ result = -EIO; - nodep = strchr(buf, '.') + 1; + nodep = strchr(buf, '.'); if (!nodep) goto out; + ++nodep; area = simple_strtoul(buf, NULL, 10); node = simple_strtoul(nodep, NULL, 10); -- 1.7.10.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html