From: sashiko-bot@kernel.org
Cc: linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] selftests/landlock: fix the regex_escape() error check
Date: Tue, 03 Nov 2026 16:43:20 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <sashiko-outbox-195742@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261103163917.641130-1-sashal@kernel.org>
> regex_escape() returns (char *)-ENOMEM when the buffer is too small, but
> matches_log_fs_extra() checks the returned pointer with "< 0", which is
> never true, and goes on with a bogus cursor. On 32-bit architectures gcc
> also warns about the cast of the pointer in the error return:
>
> fs_test.c:7474:24: warning: cast from pointer to integer of different size [-Wpointer-to-int-cast]
>
> Compare against (char *)-ENOMEM instead.
>
> The size left after the escaped path also subtracts the prefix a second
> time, which can make a long path fail with -E2BIG. Compute it from the
> cursor instead.
>
> Fixes: 316d06b01130 ("selftests/landlock: Add audit tests for filesystem")
> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Sashiko has reviewed this patch and found no issues.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-11-03 16:43 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-11-03 16:39 [PATCH] selftests/landlock: fix the regex_escape() error check Sasha Levin
2026-11-03 16:43 ` sashiko-bot [this message]
2026-11-03 20:31 ` Günther Noack
2026-11-03 21:49 ` Sasha Levin
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