When parsing for the <module:name> format, we use strchr() to look for the separator, when we know that the module name can't be longer than MODULE_NAME_LEN. Enforce the same using strnchr().
Signed-off-by: Naveen N. Rao <naveen.n....@linux.vnet.ibm.com> --- kernel/module.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/kernel/module.c b/kernel/module.c index 7eba6dea4f41..d3bd56ed3541 100644 --- a/kernel/module.c +++ b/kernel/module.c @@ -4017,7 +4017,7 @@ unsigned long module_kallsyms_lookup_name(const char *name) /* Don't lock: we're in enough trouble already. */ preempt_disable(); - if ((colon = strchr(name, ':')) != NULL) { + if ((colon = strnchr(name, MODULE_NAME_LEN, ':')) != NULL) { if ((mod = find_module_all(name, colon - name, false)) != NULL) ret = mod_find_symname(mod, colon+1); } else { -- 2.12.1