Al Viro wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 06, 2007 at 11:43:12PM +0100, Roel Kluin wrote:
>> CDROM_PACKET_SIZE is added as an offset to the pointer to unsigned char cmd[16].
>> The adjusted pointer is then used as a destination address in a call to
>> memset(). However, when CDROM_PACKET_SIZE is added to the pointer, it is
>> automatically scaled by the size of cmd, which is 16. This results in the call
>> to memset() writing to unintended memory.
>
> What are you talking about? rq->cmd is an array, not a pointer to array.
> When it occurs as an argument of +, it decays to pointer to array element.
Ok, I misunderstood, but please...
> Please, learn C.
That's not a nice thing to say.
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