linux-kernel - Re: general protection fault in asn1_ber

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Date:   Tue, 07 Nov 2017 13:08:06 +0000
From:   David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
To:     Eric Biggers <ebiggers3@...il.com>
Cc:     dhowells@...hat.com,
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Subject: Re: general protection fault in asn1_ber_decoder

Eric Biggers <ebiggers3@...il.com> wrote:

> Hi David, you just beat me to it, but I don't think this is the best way to
> fix the problem.  The length check just needs to be rewritten to not
> overflow.  Also it seems there is another broken length check later in the
> function.  How about this:

Okay, fair enough.  Do you mind if I trim your register dump a bit?

David