From: Chen Gang <gang.chen@asianux.com>
To: samuel@sortiz.org
Cc: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>, netdev <netdev@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] net: irda: using kzalloc() instead of kmalloc() to avoid strncpy() issue.
Date: Fri, 17 May 2013 17:13:04 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <5195F4A0.3000708@asianux.com> (raw)
'discovery->data.info' length is 22, NICKNAME_MAX_LEN is 21, so the
strncpy() will always left the last byte of 'discovery->data.info'
uninitialized.
When 'text' length is longer than 21 (NICKNAME_MAX_LEN), if still left
the last byte of 'discovery->data.info' uninitialized, the next
strlen() will cause issue.
Also 'discovery->data' is 'struct irda_device_info' which defined in
"include/uapi/...", it may copy to user mode, so need whole initialized.
All together, need use kzalloc() instead of kmalloc() to initialize all
members firstly.
Signed-off-by: Chen Gang <gang.chen@asianux.com>
---
net/irda/irlap_frame.c | 2 +-
1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/irda/irlap_frame.c b/net/irda/irlap_frame.c
index 8c00416..9ea0c93 100644
--- a/net/irda/irlap_frame.c
+++ b/net/irda/irlap_frame.c
@@ -544,7 +544,7 @@ static void irlap_recv_discovery_xid_cmd(struct irlap_cb *self,
/*
* We now have some discovery info to deliver!
*/
- discovery = kmalloc(sizeof(discovery_t), GFP_ATOMIC);
+ discovery = kzalloc(sizeof(discovery_t), GFP_ATOMIC);
if (!discovery) {
IRDA_WARNING("%s: unable to malloc!\n", __func__);
return;
--
1.7.7.6
next reply other threads:[~2013-05-17 9:14 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-05-17 9:13 Chen Gang [this message]
2013-05-19 22:11 ` [PATCH] net: irda: using kzalloc() instead of kmalloc() to avoid strncpy() issue David Miller
2013-05-20 1:04 ` Chen Gang
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