Re: [PATCH] tracing: Use strlcpy() instead of strcpy() in __trace_find_cmdline()

[Greg KH <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, Dec 15, 2018 at 06:25:37PM +0100, Loic wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Please picked up this patch for linux 4.4 and 4.9.
> This fixes CVE-2017-0605 (Rejected?). Tested in Debian ;)

It was rejected as a CVE for a good reason, and that reason is also why
I refused to add it to the stable kernel releases.  In short, this is
not an issue or bug at all, there is nothing wrong with the existing
code.

thanks,

greg k-h