linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3] n_tty: Fix buffer overruns with larger-than-4k pastes

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Date:	Tue, 10 Dec 2013 17:05:36 -0500
From:	Peter Hurley <peter@...leysoftware.com>
To:	Stas Sergeev <stsp@...t.ru>
CC:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Margarita Manterola <margamanterola@...il.com>,
	Maximiliano Curia <maxy@...servers.com.ar>,
	Stas Sergeev <stsp@...rs.sourceforge.net>,
	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>,
	Arkadiusz Miskiewicz <a.miskiewicz@...il.com>,
	One Thousand Gnomes <gnomes@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Caylan Van Larson <i@...lan.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] n_tty: Fix buffer overruns with larger-than-4k pastes

On 12/10/2013 01:15 AM, Stas Sergeev wrote:
> 09.12.2013 21:10, Peter Hurley пишет:
>> On 12/09/2013 11:26 AM, Stas Sergeev wrote:
>>> 09.12.2013 18:50, Peter Hurley пишет:
>>>>       if (found && read_buf(ldata, eol) == __DISABLED_CHAR) {
>>>>           n--;
>>>>           eof_push = !n && ldata->read_tail != ldata->line_start;
>>>> +        ldata->push = 0;
>>>>       }
>>> Will this work if the last (and only) char written in raw
>>> mode appear to be \0 (__DISABLED_CHAR)?
>>
>> That would have triggered an EOF in older kernels so not a
>> regression.
> I mean the case when icanon is enabled _after_ the
> \0 was written. In an unpatched kernel it will not result
> in an EOL mark, so I don't expect it to trigger EOF.

Right you are, Stas.
I found some other problems as well, so v4 coming.

Regards,
Peter Hurley
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