From: Randy Dunlap <rdun...@infradead.org> Fix sizeof argument to be the same as the data variable name. Probably a copy/paste error. Mostly harmless since both variables are unsigned int.
Fixes kernel bugzilla #197371: Possible access to unintended variable in "kernel/sysctl.c" line 1339 https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=197371 Reported-by: Petru Mihancea <pet...@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdun...@infradead.org> --- kernel/sysctl.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) --- lnx-416-rc6.orig/kernel/sysctl.c +++ lnx-416-rc6/kernel/sysctl.c @@ -1329,7 +1329,7 @@ static struct ctl_table vm_table[] = { { .procname = "dirtytime_expire_seconds", .data = &dirtytime_expire_interval, - .maxlen = sizeof(dirty_expire_interval), + .maxlen = sizeof(dirtytime_expire_interval), .mode = 0644, .proc_handler = dirtytime_interval_handler, .extra1 = &zero,
