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sysctl: check length at deprecated_sysctl_warning 

Original patch assumed args->nlen < CTL_MAXNAME, but it can be false.

Signed-off-by: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp>
Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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Tetsuo Handa 2007-11-14 16:58:38 -08:00 committed by Linus Torvalds
parent dbd0cf4884
commit 6fc48af82c
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@ -2620,6 +2620,10 @@ static int deprecated_sysctl_warning(struct __sysctl_args *args)
int name[CTL_MAXNAME];
int i;
/* Check args->nlen. */
if (args->nlen < 0 || args->nlen > CTL_MAXNAME)
return -ENOTDIR;
/* 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))