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

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Date:	Sat, 29 Oct 2011 15:45:56 +0200
From:	Thomas Jarosch <thomas.jarosch@...ra2net.com>
To:	Ralf Baechle <ralf@...ux-mips.org>
CC:	linux-mips@...ux-mips.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] Fix off-by-two in arcs_cmdline buffer size check

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.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Jarosch <thomas.jarosch@...ra2net.com>
---
 arch/mips/pmc-sierra/yosemite/prom.c |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/mips/pmc-sierra/yosemite/prom.c b/arch/mips/pmc-sierra/yosemite/prom.c
index cf4c868..a6d5eb3 100644
--- a/arch/mips/pmc-sierra/yosemite/prom.c
+++ b/arch/mips/pmc-sierra/yosemite/prom.c
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ void __init prom_init(void)
 
 	/* Get the boot parameters */
 	for (i = 1; i < argc; i++) {
-		if (strlen(arcs_cmdline) + strlen(arg[i] + 1) >=
+		if (strlen(arcs_cmdline) + strlen(arg[i]) + 1 >=
 		    sizeof(arcs_cmdline))
 			break;
 
-- 
1.7.6.4

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