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

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Date:	Tue, 10 Dec 2013 10:15:21 +0400
From:	Stas Sergeev <stsp@...t.ru>
To:	Peter Hurley <peter@...leysoftware.com>
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

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.
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