linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] proc: fix unterminated string

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Message-ID: <20120917145923.132334c9@pyramind.ukuu.org.uk>
Date:	Mon, 17 Sep 2012 14:59:23 +0100
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] proc: fix unterminated string

On Mon, 17 Sep 2012 11:49:30 +0100
Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk> wrote:

> From: Alan Cox <alan@...ux.intel.com>
> 
> oom_score_adj_write doesn't terminate the string as it should. Also fix
> sched_autogroup_write and other copy/pastes of the bug.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@...ux.intel.com>
> Cc: Horses <stable@...r.kernel.org>

Ok ignore this one - its in fact safe having poked at it further - the
memset ensures the buffer is terminated. Ugly but the existing code works
fine 8)


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