Re: [PATCH] param_sysfs_builtin memchr argument fix

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Hi,
Thanks for comment.
fixed.

Regards
dave
-----

If memchr argument is longer than strlen(kp->name), there will be some
weird result.

Signed-off-by: Dave Young <[email protected]> 

---
kernel/params.c |    8 +++++++-
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff -upr linux/kernel/params.c linux.new/kernel/params.c
--- linux/kernel/params.c	2007-10-08 14:30:06.000000000 +0800
+++ linux.new/kernel/params.c	2007-10-08 15:13:04.000000000 +0800
@@ -592,11 +592,17 @@ static void __init param_sysfs_builtin(v
 
 	for (i=0; i < __stop___param - __start___param; i++) {
 		char *dot;
+		size_t kplen;
 
 		kp = &__start___param[i];
+		kplen = strlen(kp->name);
 
 		/* We do not handle args without periods. */
-		dot = memchr(kp->name, '.', MAX_KBUILD_MODNAME);
+		if (kplen > MAX_KBUILD_MODNAME) {
+			DEBUGP("kernel parameter %s is too long\n", kp->name);
+			continue;
+		}
+		dot = memchr(kp->name, '.', kplen);
 		if (!dot) {
 			DEBUGP("couldn't find period in %s\n", kp->name);
 			continue;
-
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