From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from sc8-sf-mx2-b.sourceforge.net ([10.3.1.12] helo=sc8-sf-mx2.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Cipher TLSv1:DES-CBC3-SHA:168) (Exim 3.31-VA-mm2 #1 (Debian)) id 1AIeeG-0002yM-00 for ; Sat, 08 Nov 2003 17:45:52 -0800 Received: from lakshmi.addtoit.com ([198.99.130.6] helo=lakshmi.solana.com) by sc8-sf-mx2.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1AIeeF-0007Qq-SQ for user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Sat, 08 Nov 2003 17:45:52 -0800 Received: from ccure.user-mode-linux.org (lakshmi.solana.com [127.0.0.1]) by lakshmi.solana.com (8.11.2/8.9.3) with ESMTP id hA91Wo105095 for ; Sat, 8 Nov 2003 20:32:50 -0500 Message-Id: <200311090153.hA91rPiR003433@ccure.user-mode-linux.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 07 Oct 2003 11:55:40 PDT." <3F830C2C.8010308@easyco.com> References: <3F830C2C.8010308@easyco.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii From: Jeff Dike Subject: [uml-devel] Re: Patch for buffer overrun in serial/console device logic Sender: user-mode-linux-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: user-mode-linux-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: The user-mode Linux development list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Date: Sat, 08 Nov 2003 20:53:25 -0500 To: Doug Dumitru Cc: user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net doug@easyco.com said: > After a lot of looking, it appears that the line_write routine in > line.c does not check to see if the buffer has enough room. The > buffer_data(...) routine does not appear to check for available space > at all and just overwrites old data. Indeed. Thanks for chasing this down. I fixed it, but in a different way. Jeff ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email sponsored by: ApacheCon 2003, 16-19 November in Las Vegas. Learn firsthand the latest developments in Apache, PHP, Perl, XML, Java, MySQL, WebDAV, and more! http://www.apachecon.com/ _______________________________________________ User-mode-linux-devel mailing list User-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/user-mode-linux-devel