The code that works with routing_algo assumes that the string passed is non
empty, this assumption is wrong:
sh-4.2# echo -ne '\0' > /sys/module/batman_adv/parameters/routing_algo
[ 34.531340] BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request at ffff880015142fff
[ 34.539191] IP: [<ffffffff8390ac7a>] batadv_param_set_ra+0x3a/0x90
[ 34.541128] PGD 5027063 PUD 502b063 PMD 1bfc6067 PTE 15142160
[ 34.541128] Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP DEBUG_PAGEALLOC
[ 34.541128] CPU 0
[ 34.541128] Pid: 6612, comm: sh Tainted: G W
3.7.0-rc6-sasha-00024-g33da443-dirty #157
[ 34.541128] RIP: 0010:[<ffffffff8390ac7a>] [<ffffffff8390ac7a>]
batadv_param_set_ra+0x3a/0x90
[ 34.541128] RSP: 0018:ffff880014f81e48 EFLAGS: 00010292
[ 34.541128] RAX: 000000000000003b RBX: ffff880015143000 RCX: 0000000000000006
[ 34.550025] RDX: 0000000000000006 RSI: ffff8800151cb960 RDI: 0000000000000282
[ 34.550025] RBP: ffff880014f81e68 R08: 0000000000000003 R09: 0000000000000000
[ 34.550025] R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000001 R12: ffff880015142fff
[ 34.550025] R13: ffffffff84e6b390 R14: ffff880014f86a00 R15: ffffffff83c35170
[ 34.550025] FS: 00007f9ebc796700(0000) GS:ffff88001a600000(0000)
knlGS:0000000000000000
[ 34.550025] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
[ 34.550025] CR2: ffff880015142fff CR3: 000000001522f000 CR4: 00000000000406f0
[ 34.550025] DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
[ 34.550025] DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000ffff0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
[ 34.550025] Process sh (pid: 6612, threadinfo ffff880014f80000, task
ffff8800151cb000)
[ 34.550025] Stack:
[ 34.550025] ffff880014f81e68 ffff8800198ee020 0000000000000001
ffff880015143000
[ 34.550025] ffff880014f81e98 ffffffff81133776 ffff880014f81ea8
ffff880014f86a20
[ 34.550025] ffff880014f81f50 ffff880019d86d20 ffff880014f81ea8
ffffffff811335f8
[ 34.550025] Call Trace:
[ 34.550025] [<ffffffff81133776>] param_attr_store+0x46/0x80
[ 34.550025] [<ffffffff811335f8>] module_attr_store+0x18/0x40
[ 34.550025] [<ffffffff812ed751>] sysfs_write_file+0x101/0x170
[ 34.550025] [<ffffffff8126fcb8>] vfs_write+0xb8/0x180
[ 34.550025] [<ffffffff8126fe70>] sys_write+0x50/0xa0
[ 34.550025] [<ffffffff83b30018>] tracesys+0xe1/0xe6
[ 34.550025] Code: 4c 89 65 f0 4c 89 6d f8 49 89 f5 e8 71 c5 0b fe 48 c7 c7
38 2e df 84 4c 8d 60 ff 48 89 c6 31 c0 4c 89 e2 49 01 dc e8 a6 d8 15 00 <41> 80
3c 24 0a 75 05 41 c6 04 24 00 48 89 df e8 62 ff ff ff 48
[ 34.550025] RIP [<ffffffff8390ac7a>] batadv_param_set_ra+0x3a/0x90
[ 34.550025] RSP <ffff880014f81e48>
[ 34.550025] CR2: ffff880015142fff
[ 34.550025] ---[ end trace 6c53b662c574774b ]---
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sasha.le...@oracle.com>
---
net/batman-adv/main.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/net/batman-adv/main.c b/net/batman-adv/main.c
index dc33a0c..3b8e368 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/main.c
+++ b/net/batman-adv/main.c
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ static int batadv_param_set_ra(const char *val, const
struct kernel_param *kp)
char *algo_name = (char *)val;
size_t name_len = strlen(algo_name);
- if (algo_name[name_len - 1] == '\n')
+ if (name_len > 0 && algo_name[name_len - 1] == '\n')
algo_name[name_len - 1] = '\0';
bat_algo_ops = batadv_algo_get(algo_name);
--
1.8.0
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