From ff0102ee104847023c36357e2b9f133f3f40d211 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Chen Gang Date: Thu, 16 May 2013 23:13:04 +0000 Subject: net: irda: using kzalloc() instead of kmalloc() to avoid strncpy() issue. 'discovery->data.info' length is 22, NICKNAME_MAX_LEN is 21, so the strncpy() will always left the last byte of 'discovery->data.info' uninitialized. When 'text' length is longer than 21 (NICKNAME_MAX_LEN), if still left the last byte of 'discovery->data.info' uninitialized, the next strlen() will cause issue. Also 'discovery->data' is 'struct irda_device_info' which defined in "include/uapi/...", it may copy to user mode, so need whole initialized. All together, need use kzalloc() instead of kmalloc() to initialize all members firstly. Signed-off-by: Chen Gang Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- net/irda/irlap_frame.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'net') diff --git a/net/irda/irlap_frame.c b/net/irda/irlap_frame.c index 8c004161a843..9ea0c933b9ff 100644 --- a/net/irda/irlap_frame.c +++ b/net/irda/irlap_frame.c @@ -544,7 +544,7 @@ static void irlap_recv_discovery_xid_cmd(struct irlap_cb *self, /* * We now have some discovery info to deliver! */ - discovery = kmalloc(sizeof(discovery_t), GFP_ATOMIC); + discovery = kzalloc(sizeof(discovery_t), GFP_ATOMIC); if (!discovery) { IRDA_WARNING("%s: unable to malloc!\n", __func__); return; -- cgit v1.2.1