linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mm: memcontrol: Fix out-of-bounds on the buf returned by memory_stat

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Message-Id: <20200912174241.eeaa771755915f27babf9322@linux-foundation.org>
Date:   Sat, 12 Sep 2020 17:42:41 -0700
From:   Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Muchun Song <songmuchun@...edance.com>
Cc:     hannes@...xchg.org, mhocko@...nel.org, vdavydov.dev@...il.com,
        cgroups@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm: memcontrol: Fix out-of-bounds on the buf returned
 by memory_stat_format

On Sat, 12 Sep 2020 23:51:00 +0800 Muchun Song <songmuchun@...edance.com> wrote:

> The memory_stat_format() returns a format string, but the return buf
> may not including the trailing '\0'. So the users may read the buf
> out of bounds.

That sounds serious.  Is a cc:stable appropriate?