From 8e08b756869eeb08ace17ad64c2a8cb97b18e856 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Andrew Morton Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2006 12:58:45 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] [PATCH] module: strlen_user() race fix Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- kernel/module.c | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/kernel/module.c b/kernel/module.c index e058aedf6b..5aad477ddc 100644 --- a/kernel/module.c +++ b/kernel/module.c @@ -1670,6 +1670,9 @@ static struct module *load_module(void __user *umod, goto free_mod; } + /* Userspace could have altered the string after the strlen_user() */ + args[arglen - 1] = '\0'; + if (find_module(mod->name)) { err = -EEXIST; goto free_mod; -- 2.39.5