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Diffstat (limited to 'app-emulation/vmware-modules/files/279-3.10-01-getname.patch')
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1 files changed, 24 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/app-emulation/vmware-modules/files/279-3.10-01-getname.patch b/app-emulation/vmware-modules/files/279-3.10-01-getname.patch new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..05ed8dbcc374 --- /dev/null +++ b/app-emulation/vmware-modules/files/279-3.10-01-getname.patch @@ -0,0 +1,24 @@ +uses __getname/__putname instead of getname. getname was deprecated +the new code calls __getname (which really is a specific type of +memory allocator, then copies the string safely from user space +into the allocated buffer + +--- vmblock-only/linux/control.c 2014-03-15 15:28:40.871076076 +0100 ++++ vmblock-only/linux/control.c.new 2014-03-15 15:29:15.079074439 +0100 +@@ -279,11 +279,17 @@ + int i; + int retval; + +- name = getname(buf); ++ name = __getname(); + if (IS_ERR(name)) { + return PTR_ERR(name); + } + ++ i = strncpy_from_user(name, buf, PATH_MAX); ++ if (i < 0 || i == PATH_MAX) { ++ __putname(name); ++ return -EINVAL; ++ } ++ + for (i = strlen(name) - 1; i >= 0 && name[i] == '/'; i--) { |