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authorJim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com>2008-02-08 15:22:09 +0300
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org>2008-02-08 20:22:43 +0300
commit11a7ac23a2d7464a74ceb7b97dbae4d5a0208576 (patch)
tree9b4f26d1675ef802b82b01a8780a58d21c17bd2a /arch/um
parent5134d8fea06ab51459fd095d091d1e6f73a44553 (diff)
downloadlinux-11a7ac23a2d7464a74ceb7b97dbae4d5a0208576.tar.xz
uml: improved error handling while locating temp dir
* arch/um/os-Linux/mem.c (make_tempfile): Don't deref NULL upon failed malloc. * arch/um/os-Linux/mem.c (make_tempfile): Handle NULL tempdir. Don't let a long tempdir (e.g., via TMPDIR) provoke heap corruption. [ jdike - formatting cleanups, deleted obsolete comment ] Signed-off-by: Jim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Jeff Dike <jdike@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/um')
-rw-r--r--arch/um/os-Linux/mem.c15
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/arch/um/os-Linux/mem.c b/arch/um/os-Linux/mem.c
index 38742c21def5..93a11d7edfa0 100644
--- a/arch/um/os-Linux/mem.c
+++ b/arch/um/os-Linux/mem.c
@@ -162,11 +162,6 @@ found:
goto out;
}
-/*
- * This proc still used in tt-mode
- * (file: kernel/tt/ptproxy/proxy.c, proc: start_debugger).
- * So it isn't 'static' yet.
- */
static int __init make_tempfile(const char *template, char **out_tempname,
int do_unlink)
{
@@ -175,10 +170,13 @@ static int __init make_tempfile(const char *template, char **out_tempname,
which_tmpdir();
tempname = malloc(MAXPATHLEN);
- if (!tempname)
- goto out;
+ if (tempname == NULL)
+ return -1;
find_tempdir();
+ if ((tempdir == NULL) || (strlen(tempdir) >= MAXPATHLEN))
+ return -1;
+
if (template[0] != '/')
strcpy(tempname, tempdir);
else
@@ -196,9 +194,8 @@ static int __init make_tempfile(const char *template, char **out_tempname,
}
if (out_tempname) {
*out_tempname = tempname;
- } else {
+ } else
free(tempname);
- }
return fd;
out:
free(tempname);