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    SubjectRe: [PATCH] Fix user data corrupted by old value return of sysctl
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    Yi Yang  wrote:
    >If the user reads a sysctl entry which is of string type
    > by sysctl syscall, this call probably corrupts the user data
    > right after the old value buffer, the issue lies in sysctl_string
    > seting 0 to oldval[len], len is the available buffer size
    > specified by the user, obviously, this will write to the first
    > byte of the user memory place immediate after the old value buffer
    >, the correct way is that sysctl_string doesn't set 0, the user
    >should do it by self in the program.

    That's not just data corruption -- it's also a buffer overrun.
    Granted, it's "only" a one-byte overrun, but I have seen one-byte
    overruns be exploitable occasionally in the past. So this sounds
    to me like a potential security issue, too.
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