fs: fix name overwrite in __register_chrdev_region()
authorCyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@gmail.com>
Tue, 6 Jan 2009 22:41:08 +0000 (14:41 -0800)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Tue, 6 Jan 2009 23:59:13 +0000 (15:59 -0800)
It's possible to register a chrdev with a name size exactly the same as
was allocated in structure.  It seems it was not intended behaviour.

At least chrdev_show does not like it.

Signed-off-by: Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@gmail.com>
Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
fs/char_dev.c

index 700697a726187863a3d4557b27410192ad7d45d9..38f71222a552e46e58e0b801e91063d714a134fb 100644 (file)
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ __register_chrdev_region(unsigned int major, unsigned int baseminor,
        cd->major = major;
        cd->baseminor = baseminor;
        cd->minorct = minorct;
-       strncpy(cd->name,name, 64);
+       strlcpy(cd->name, name, sizeof(cd->name));
 
        i = major_to_index(major);