From: Menglong Dong <dong.menglong@xxxxxxxxxx> Subject: coredump: fix core_pattern parse error 'format_corename()' will splite 'core_pattern' on spaces when it is in pipe mode, and take helper_argv[0] as the path to usermode executable. It works fine in most cases. However, if there is a space between '|' and '/file/path', such as '| /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-coredump %P %u %g', helper_argv[0] will be parsed as '', and users will get a 'Core dump to | disabled'. It is not friendly to users, as the pattern above was valid previously. Fix this by ignoring the spaces between '|' and '/file/path'. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/5fb62870.1c69fb81.8ef5d.af76@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Fixes: 315c69261dd3 ("coredump: split pipe command whitespace before expanding template") Signed-off-by: Menglong Dong <dong.menglong@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Paul Wise <pabs3@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@xxxxxxxxx> [https://bugs.debian.org/924398] Cc: Neil Horman <nhorman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/coredump.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/fs/coredump.c~coredump-fix-core_pattern-parse-error +++ a/fs/coredump.c @@ -229,7 +229,8 @@ static int format_corename(struct core_n */ if (ispipe) { if (isspace(*pat_ptr)) { - was_space = true; + if (cn->used != 0) + was_space = true; pat_ptr++; continue; } else if (was_space) { _