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authorDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2012-11-10 18:32:51 -0500
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2012-11-10 18:32:51 -0500
commitd4185bbf62a5d8d777ee445db1581beb17882a07 (patch)
tree024b0badbd7c970b1983be6d8c345cc4a290cb31 /kernel/sys.c
parentc075b13098b399dc565b4d53f42047a8d40ed3ba (diff)
parenta375413311b39005ef281bfd71ae8f4e3df22e97 (diff)
Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net
Conflicts: drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_main.c Minor conflict between the BCM_CNIC define removal in net-next and a bug fix added to net. Based upon a conflict resolution patch posted by Stephen Rothwell. Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/sys.c')
-rw-r--r--kernel/sys.c12
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/sys.c b/kernel/sys.c
index c5cb5b99cb8..e6e0ece5f6a 100644
--- a/kernel/sys.c
+++ b/kernel/sys.c
@@ -1265,15 +1265,16 @@ DECLARE_RWSEM(uts_sem);
* Work around broken programs that cannot handle "Linux 3.0".
* Instead we map 3.x to 2.6.40+x, so e.g. 3.0 would be 2.6.40
*/
-static int override_release(char __user *release, int len)
+static int override_release(char __user *release, size_t len)
{
int ret = 0;
- char buf[65];
if (current->personality & UNAME26) {
- char *rest = UTS_RELEASE;
+ const char *rest = UTS_RELEASE;
+ char buf[65] = { 0 };
int ndots = 0;
unsigned v;
+ size_t copy;
while (*rest) {
if (*rest == '.' && ++ndots >= 3)
@@ -1283,8 +1284,9 @@ static int override_release(char __user *release, int len)
rest++;
}
v = ((LINUX_VERSION_CODE >> 8) & 0xff) + 40;
- snprintf(buf, len, "2.6.%u%s", v, rest);
- ret = copy_to_user(release, buf, len);
+ copy = clamp_t(size_t, len, 1, sizeof(buf));
+ copy = scnprintf(buf, copy, "2.6.%u%s", v, rest);
+ ret = copy_to_user(release, buf, copy + 1);
}
return ret;
}