From e0c6d97c65e0784aade7e97b9411f245a6c543e7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Cliff Wickman Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2008 12:02:00 -0700 Subject: [IA64] SN2: security hole in sn2_ptc_proc_write Security hole in sn2_ptc_proc_write It is possible to overrun a buffer with a write to this /proc file. Signed-off-by: Cliff Wickman Signed-off-by: Tony Luck --- arch/ia64/sn/kernel/sn2/sn2_smp.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) (limited to 'arch') diff --git a/arch/ia64/sn/kernel/sn2/sn2_smp.c b/arch/ia64/sn/kernel/sn2/sn2_smp.c index 49d3120415e..6dd886c5d86 100644 --- a/arch/ia64/sn/kernel/sn2/sn2_smp.c +++ b/arch/ia64/sn/kernel/sn2/sn2_smp.c @@ -512,6 +512,8 @@ static ssize_t sn2_ptc_proc_write(struct file *file, const char __user *user, si int cpu; char optstr[64]; + if (count > sizeof(optstr)) + return -EINVAL; if (copy_from_user(optstr, user, count)) return -EFAULT; optstr[count - 1] = '\0'; -- cgit v1.2.3