| Date | Sun, 2 Nov 2008 22:09:24 +0100 | From | "Vegard Nossum" <> | Subject | Re: [Bug #11854] v2.6.28-rc1: readlink /proc/*/exe returns uninitialized data to userspace |
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On Sun, Nov 2, 2008 at 5:07 PM, Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl> wrote: > This message has been generated automatically as a part of a report > of recent regressions. > > The following bug entry is on the current list of known regressions > from 2.6.27. Please verify if it still should be listed and let me know > (either way). > > > Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11854 > Subject : v2.6.28-rc1: readlink /proc/*/exe returns uninitialized data to userspace > Submitter : Vegard Nossum <vegard.nossum@gmail.com> > Date : 2008-10-25 17:14 (9 days old) > References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=122495490201663&w=4
Been trying to reproduce this one since I saw it, and I think it can be written off as can't reproduce :-(
Maybe I can contribute a patch that verifies that the return value == strlen(buffer), WARN_ON otherwise? And hope that somebody runs into it.
Vegard
-- "The animistic metaphor of the bug that maliciously sneaked in while the programmer was not looking is intellectually dishonest as it disguises that the error is the programmer's own creation." -- E. W. Dijkstra, EWD1036
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