3.2-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Xi Wang <xi.wang@xxxxxxxxx> commit df1778be1a33edffa51d094eeda87c858ded6560 upstream. 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> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/sysctl_binary.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/kernel/sysctl_binary.c +++ b/kernel/sysctl_binary.c @@ -1194,9 +1194,10 @@ static ssize_t bin_dn_node_address(struc /* 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); -- 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