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Subject[PATCH] sysctl: Check length at deprecated_sysctl_warning.
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Original patch assumed args->nlen < CTL_MAXNAME, but it can be false.

Signed-off-by: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp>


--- linux-2.6.22-rc2.orig/kernel/sysctl.c 2007-11-08 10:38:17.000000000 +0900
+++ linux-2.6.22-rc2/kernel/sysctl.c 2007-11-08 11:24:27.000000000 +0900
@@ -2609,6 +2609,10 @@ static int deprecated_sysctl_warning(str
int name[CTL_MAXNAME];
int i;

+ /* Check args->nlen. */
+ if (args->nlen > CTL_MAXNAME)
+ return -EFAULT;
+
/* Read in the sysctl name for better debug message logging */
for (i = 0; i < args->nlen; i++)
if (get_user(name[i], args->name + i))
-
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