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From: Derek Robson <robsonde@gmail.com>
To: tglx@linutronix.de, mingo@redhat.com, x86@kernel.org
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Derek Robson <robsonde@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH] aout: incorrct use of strncpy fixed.
Date: Sat,  2 Feb 2019 13:55:12 +1300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20190202005512.3144-1-robsonde@gmail.com> (raw)

Found a bug with the source / dest length
updated to have size limit as the size of dest not size or source.

Signed-off-by: Derek Robson <robsonde@gmail.com>
---
 arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.c b/arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.c
index f65b78d32f5e..1e7f71723ee0 100644
--- a/arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.c
+++ b/arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.c
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ static int aout_core_dump(struct coredump_params *cprm)
 	fs = get_fs();
 	set_fs(KERNEL_DS);
 	has_dumped = 1;
-	strncpy(dump.u_comm, current->comm, sizeof(current->comm));
+	strncpy(dump.u_comm, current->comm, sizeof(dump.u_comm));
 	dump.u_ar0 = offsetof(struct user32, regs);
 	dump.signal = cprm->siginfo->si_signo;
 	dump_thread32(cprm->regs, &dump);
-- 
2.20.1


             reply	other threads:[~2019-02-02  0:53 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-02-02  0:55 Derek Robson [this message]
2019-02-07 10:25 ` [PATCH] aout: incorrct use of strncpy fixed Borislav Petkov
2019-02-07 17:02 ` David Laight
2019-02-13 11:15 ` [tip:x86/urgent] x86/a.out: Clear the dump structure initially tip-bot for Borislav Petkov

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