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Re: [PATCH] cmdline: fix get_options() overflow while parsing ranges

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On Mon, May 22, 2017 at 07:53:47PM +0400, Ilya Matveychikov wrote:
> When using get_options() it's possible to specify a range of numbers,
> like 1-100500. The problem is that it doesn't track array size while
> calling internally to get_range() which iterates over the range and
> fills the memory with numbers.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ilya V. Matveychikov <matvejchikov@gmail.com>
> ---
>  lib/cmdline.c | 6 +++---
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

<formletter>

This is not the correct way to submit patches for inclusion in the
stable kernel tree.  Please read:
    https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/stable-kernel-rules.html
for how to do this properly.

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[PATCH] cmdline: fix get_options() overflow while parsing ranges Ilya Matveychikov <matvejchikov@gmail.com> - 2017-05-22 18:00 +0200
  Re: [PATCH] cmdline: fix get_options() overflow while parsing ranges Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> - 2017-05-22 18:10 +0200

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