linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Fix off-by-two in arcs

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Date:	Wed, 2 Nov 2011 13:21:24 +0000
From:	Ralf Baechle <ralf@...ux-mips.org>
To:	Thomas Jarosch <thomas.jarosch@...ra2net.com>
Cc:	linux-mips@...ux-mips.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix off-by-two in arcs_cmdline buffer size check

On Sat, Oct 29, 2011 at 03:45:56PM +0200, Thomas Jarosch wrote:

> Cause is a misplaced bracket.
> 
> The code
> 
>     strlen(buf+1)
> 
> will be two bytes less than
> 
>     strlen(buf)+1
> 
> The +1 is in this code to reserve space for an additional space character.

Thanks, applied.

The same buggy code just formatted slightly differently also exists in
Emma.  I added the Emma fix to the patch and applied it.

Thanks!

  Ralf
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