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Message-ID: <87vc30gao5.fsf@rustcorp.com.au>
Date:	Tue, 20 Aug 2013 15:34:42 +0930
From:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
To:	Chen Gang <gang.chen@...anux.com>
Cc:	"linux-kernel\@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kernel/module.c: use scnprintf() instead of sprintf()

Chen Gang <gang.chen@...anux.com> writes:

> For some strings, they are permitted to be larger than PAGE_SIZE, so
> need use scnprintf() instead of sprintf(), or it will cause issue.
>
> One case is:
>
>   if a module version is crazy defined (length more than PAGE_SIZE),
>   'modinfo' command is still OK (print full contents),
>   but for "cat /sys/modules/'modname'/version", will cause issue in kernel.

Applied!

Thanks,
Rusty.

>
> Signed-off-by: Chen Gang <gang.chen@...anux.com>
> ---
>  kernel/module.c |    2 +-
>  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/module.c b/kernel/module.c
> index 2069158..0618e63 100644
> --- a/kernel/module.c
> +++ b/kernel/module.c
> @@ -603,7 +603,7 @@ static void setup_modinfo_##field(struct module *mod, const char *s)  \
>  static ssize_t show_modinfo_##field(struct module_attribute *mattr,   \
>  			struct module_kobject *mk, char *buffer)      \
>  {                                                                     \
> -	return sprintf(buffer, "%s\n", mk->mod->field);               \
> +	return scnprintf(buffer, PAGE_SIZE, "%s\n", mk->mod->field);  \
>  }                                                                     \
>  static int modinfo_##field##_exists(struct module *mod)               \
>  {                                                                     \
> -- 
> 1.7.7.6
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