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From: Roel Kluin <12o3l@tiscali.nl>
To: Al Viro <viro@ftp.linux.org.uk>
Cc: lkml <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fix writing to unintended memory in eth16i_probe_port(); drivers/net/eth16i.c
Date: Wed, 07 Nov 2007 00:16:49 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4730F5E1.30401@tiscali.nl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20071106230026.GL8181@ftp.linux.org.uk>

Al Viro wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 06, 2007 at 11:57:44PM +0100, Roel Kluin wrote:
>> 14 is added as an offset to the array dummy_packet (64 unsigned chars) to
>> serve as a destination address in a call to memset(). However, when added, 
>> it is automatically scaled by the size of dummy_packet, which is 64. This
>> results in writing to unintended memory.
> 
> NAK.  Learn C.
> 
yeah I read your other mail, was going to reply myself anyway, but hey, you
had to be rude again.

      reply	other threads:[~2007-11-06 23:17 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-11-06 22:57 [PATCH] fix writing to unintended memory in eth16i_probe_port(); drivers/net/eth16i.c Roel Kluin
2007-11-06 23:00 ` Al Viro
2007-11-06 23:16   ` Roel Kluin [this message]

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