sysctl: fix null checking in bin_dn_node_address()
authorXi Wang <xi.wang@gmail.com>
Thu, 28 Feb 2013 01:05:21 +0000 (17:05 -0800)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Sun, 3 Mar 2013 22:09:04 +0000 (06:09 +0800)
commitd6bf427fdac5fb26636d72f04289780a0ff2ca93
tree0239f5e4b2a01160f7a6c65fd86ac2f16c07a6af
parentcbf253c44b52b3c6b921a22f05243a1dc7a00122
sysctl: fix null checking in bin_dn_node_address()

commit df1778be1a33edffa51d094eeda87c858ded6560 upstream.

The null check of `strchr() + 1' is broken, which is always non-null,
leading to OOB read.  Instead, check the result of strchr().

Signed-off-by: Xi Wang <xi.wang@gmail.com>
Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
kernel/sysctl_binary.c