3.19-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
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From: Peter Hurley <pe...@hurleysoftware.com>
commit 30a22c215a0007603ffc08021f2e8b64018517dd upstream.
commit 6ae9200f2cab7 ("enlarge console.name") increased the storage
for the console name to 16 bytes, but not the corresponding
struct console_cmdline::name storage. Console names longer than
8 bytes cause read beyond end-of-string and failure to match
console; I'm not sure if there are other unexpected consequences.
Signed-off-by: Peter Hurley <pe...@hurleysoftware.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gre...@linuxfoundation.org>
---
kernel/printk/console_cmdline.h | 2 +-
kernel/printk/printk.c | 1 +
2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
--- a/kernel/printk/console_cmdline.h
+++ b/kernel/printk/console_cmdline.h
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
struct console_cmdline
{
- char name[8]; /* Name of the driver */
+ char name[16]; /* Name of the driver */
int index; /* Minor dev. to use */
char *options; /* Options for the driver */
#ifdef CONFIG_A11Y_BRAILLE_CONSOLE
--- a/kernel/printk/printk.c
+++ b/kernel/printk/printk.c
@@ -2464,6 +2464,7 @@ void register_console(struct console *ne
for (i = 0, c = console_cmdline;
i < MAX_CMDLINECONSOLES && c->name[0];
i++, c++) {
+ BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(c->name) != sizeof(newcon->name));
if (strcmp(c->name, newcon->name) != 0)
continue;
if (newcon->index >= 0 &&
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