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[S390] sclp_async: potential buffer overflow

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"len" hasn't been properly range checked so we shouldn't use it as an
array offset.  This can only be written to by root but it would still be
annoying to accidentally write more than 3 characters and corrupt your
memory.

Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
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Dan Carpenter 2010-04-09 13:42:59 +02:00 committed by Martin Schwidefsky
parent d7015c120e
commit 35ac734f72
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drivers/s390/char/sclp_async.c
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@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ static int proc_handler_callhome(struct ctl_table *ctl, int write,
rc = copy_from_user(buf, buffer, sizeof(buf));
if (rc != 0)
return -EFAULT;
buf[len - 1] = '\0';
buf[sizeof(buf) - 1] = '\0';
if (strict_strtoul(buf, 0, &val) != 0)
return -EINVAL;
if (val != 0 && val != 1)