Re: [PATCH] scripts/basic/fixdep segfault on pathological string-o-death

[Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>]

On Wed, May 02, 2007 at 12:49:06PM +0100, Andy Green wrote:
> build scripts: fixdep blows segfault on string CONFIG_MODULE seen
> 
> The string "CONFIG_MODULE" appearing anywhere in a source file causes
> fixdep to segfault.  This string appeared in the wild in the current
> mISDN sources (I think they meant CONFIG_MODULES).  But it shouldn't
> segfault (esp as CONFIG_MODULE appeared in a quoted string).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Andy Green <andy@warmcat.com>

Applied and forwarded to stable@kernel.org.

Thanks,
	Sam

> ---
>  scripts/basic/fixdep.c |    2 ++
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> 
> Index: 2.6.21-1.3116.fc7-i686/scripts/basic/fixdep.c
> ===================================================================
> --- 2.6.21-1.3116.fc7-i686.orig/scripts/basic/fixdep.c
> +++ 2.6.21-1.3116.fc7-i686/scripts/basic/fixdep.c
> @@ -249,6 +249,8 @@ void parse_config_file(char *map, size_t
>  	found:
>  		if (!memcmp(q - 7, "_MODULE", 7))
>  			q -= 7;
> +		if( (q-p-7) < 0 )
> +			continue;
>  		use_config(p+7, q-p-7);
>  	}
>  }
> -
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