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SubjectRe: Buffer overrun in arch/x86_64/sys_ia32.c:sys32_ni_syscall()
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On Tue, 2004-11-30 at 10:31 -0800, Chris Wright wrote:
> * Jeremy Fitzhardinge (jeremy@goop.org) wrote:
> > struct task_struct.comm is defined to be 16 chars, but
> > arch/x86_64/sys_ia32.c:sys32_ni_syscall() copies it into a static 8 byte
> > buffer, which will surely cause problems. This patch makes lastcomm[]
> > the right size, and makes sure it can't be overrun. Since the code also
> > goes to the effort of getting a local copy of current in "me", we may as
> > well use it for printing the message.
>
> Looks good, but you missed sys32_vm86_warning.

Hadn't got that far. Should we be worried that task_struct.comm might
not be \0-terminated, and therefore use ("... %.*s ...",
sizeof(lastcomm), lastcomm) in the printk's?

J

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