On Tue, Nov 06, 2007 at 11:43:12PM +0100, Roel Kluin wrote: > CDROM_PACKET_SIZE is added as an offset to the pointer to unsigned char > cmd[16]. > The adjusted pointer is then used as a destination address in a call to > memset(). However, when CDROM_PACKET_SIZE is added to the pointer, it is > automatically scaled by the size of cmd, which is 16. This results in the call > to memset() writing to unintended memory.
What are you talking about? rq->cmd is an array, not a pointer to array. When it occurs as an argument of +, it decays to pointer to array element. Please, learn C. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
