From df1778be1a33edffa51d094eeda87c858ded6560 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Xi Wang Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2013 17:05:21 -0800 Subject: sysctl: fix null checking in bin_dn_node_address() The null check of `strchr() + 1' is broken, which is always non-null, leading to OOB read. Instead, check the result of strchr(). Signed-off-by: Xi Wang Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" Cc: Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds diff --git a/kernel/sysctl_binary.c b/kernel/sysctl_binary.c index b25115e..ebf7235 100644 --- a/kernel/sysctl_binary.c +++ b/kernel/sysctl_binary.c @@ -1171,9 +1171,10 @@ static ssize_t bin_dn_node_address(struct file *file, /* Convert the decnet address to binary */ result = -EIO; - nodep = strchr(buf, '.') + 1; + nodep = strchr(buf, '.'); if (!nodep) goto out; + ++nodep; area = simple_strtoul(buf, NULL, 10); node = simple_strtoul(nodep, NULL, 10); -- cgit v0.10.2