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From: Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@redhat.com>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>,
	Rasmus Villemoes <linux@rasmusvillemoes.dk>,
	James Bottomley <JBottomley@Odin.com>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	"K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@microsoft.com>
Subject: [PATCH v4 0/2] lib/string_helpers.c: fix infinite loop in string_get_size()
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2015 15:55:20 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1442325322-23366-1-git-send-email-vkuznets@redhat.com> (raw)

This patch series prevents string_get_size() from entering an infinite loop
on some inputs and adds several basic tests for string_get_size() including
one to test for the issue.

Changes since v3:
- NULL termination fixes in PATCH 2/2 [Rasmus Villemoes, Andy Shevchenko]

Vitaly Kuznetsov (2):
  lib/string_helpers.c: fix infinite loop in string_get_size()
  lib/test-string_helpers.c: add string_get_size() tests

 lib/string_helpers.c      |  6 +++++-
 lib/test-string_helpers.c | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

-- 
2.4.3


             reply	other threads:[~2015-09-15 13:55 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-09-15 13:55 Vitaly Kuznetsov [this message]
2015-09-15 13:55 ` [PATCH v4 1/2] lib/string_helpers.c: fix infinite loop in string_get_size() Vitaly Kuznetsov
2015-09-15 13:55 ` [PATCH v4 2/2] lib/test-string_helpers.c: add string_get_size() tests Vitaly Kuznetsov
2015-09-15 15:20   ` Andy Shevchenko
2015-09-16 11:21     ` Rasmus Villemoes
2015-09-16 11:33       ` Andy Shevchenko
2015-09-16 16:34         ` Vitaly Kuznetsov

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