linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] lib: Fix strnlen_user() to not touch memory after specified maximum

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Message-ID: <CA+55aFwQmQKGp7mTd4ucRAyx0P9WmPaBOX0upaMWN1Ru2AhSOw@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Tue, 2 Jun 2015 10:10:32 -0700
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] lib: Fix strnlen_user() to not touch memory after
 specified maximum

On Tue, Jun 2, 2015 at 8:10 AM, Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz> wrote:
>
> Fix the off-by-one bug in the test whether we are at the end of the
> specified range.

Ack. I'll apply it with an added comment.

             Linus
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