linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] fix writing to unintended memory in eth16i_probe

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Date:	Tue, 6 Nov 2007 23:00:26 +0000
From:	Al Viro <viro@....linux.org.uk>
To:	Roel Kluin <12o3l@...cali.nl>
Cc:	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fix writing to unintended memory in eth16i_probe_port(); drivers/net/eth16i.c

On Tue, Nov 06, 2007 at 11:57:44PM +0100, Roel Kluin wrote:
> 14 is added as an offset to the array dummy_packet (64 unsigned chars) to
> serve as a destination address in a call to memset(). However, when added, 
> it is automatically scaled by the size of dummy_packet, which is 64. This
> results in writing to unintended memory.

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