Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 23 Oct 2014 11:23:14 -0700 | From | Andrew Morton <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] sysctl: terminate strings also on \r |
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On Thu, 23 Oct 2014 09:39:09 -0700 Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> wrote:
> > I wonder if the chances of damage would be lower if we were to continue > > to accept the \r, but turn it into something else ("\r"?) when it is > > read. > > I think that would complicate things more than help them.
Why.
> If there's a > legit use of \r, I'll let Paul Wise debate how to proceed. :)
I don't know who Paul is. Please take this seriously; we don't want to have to revert this after breaking a bunch of people's setups.
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