linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] net: don't call strlen on non-terminated string in dev_set

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Date:   Wed, 31 May 2017 08:37:06 -0700
From:   Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
To:     Alexander Potapenko <glider@...gle.com>
Cc:     dvyukov@...gle.com, kcc@...gle.com, edumazet@...gle.com,
        davem@...emloft.net, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] net: don't call strlen on non-terminated string in
 dev_set_alias()

On Wed, 31 May 2017 14:51:50 +0200
Alexander Potapenko <glider@...gle.com> wrote:

> +	/* alias comes from the userspace and may not be zero-terminated.
> +	 */
> +	memcpy(dev->ifalias, alias, len);

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