Michal Piotrowski <[email protected]> writes:
> On 11/11/05, Andrew Morton <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.14/2.6.14-mm2/
>
> Oops while cat /proc/driver/pktcdvd/pktcdvd0
>
> Linux version 2.6.14-mm2 (michal@debian) (gcc version 4.0.3 20051023
There is an old bug in the pkt_count_states() function that causes
stack corruption. When compiling with gcc 3.x or 2.x it is harmless,
but gcc 4 allocates local variables differently, which makes the bug
visible. Fixed by this patch.
Signed-off-by: Peter Osterlund <[email protected]>
---
drivers/block/pktcdvd.c | 2 +-
1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/block/pktcdvd.c b/drivers/block/pktcdvd.c
index 391ced8..b5f67b1 100644
--- a/drivers/block/pktcdvd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/pktcdvd.c
@@ -1188,7 +1188,7 @@ static void pkt_count_states(struct pktc
struct packet_data *pkt;
int i;
- for (i = 0; i <= PACKET_NUM_STATES; i++)
+ for (i = 0; i < PACKET_NUM_STATES; i++)
states[i] = 0;
spin_lock(&pd->cdrw.active_list_lock);
--
Peter Osterlund - [email protected]
http://web.telia.com/~u89404340
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