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SubjectRe: [patch 3/7] add kstrndup
René Scharfe wrote:
>> + len = strlen(s);
>> + if (len > max)
>> + len = max;
>>
>
> You can avoid to run beyond max and save two lines by using strnlen:
>
> len = strnlen(s, max);
>

OK. Didn't know about strnlen.

Subject: Use strnlen in kstrndup

strnlen prevents over-reading the input.

Signed-off-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@xensource.com>
Cc: René Scharfe <rene.scharfe@lsrfire.ath.cx>

---
mm/util.c | 4 +---
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

===================================================================
--- a/mm/util.c
+++ b/mm/util.c
@@ -53,9 +53,7 @@ char *kstrndup(const char *s, size_t max
if (!s)
return NULL;

- len = strlen(s);
- if (len > max)
- len = max;
+ len = strnlen(s, max);
buf = kmalloc_track_caller(len+1, gfp);
if (buf) {
memcpy(buf, s, len);

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