[Hardy] SRU: Fix an off-by-two memory error in console selection.
Tim Gardner
tim.gardner at canonical.com
Thu Feb 12 20:02:34 UTC 2009
Stefan Bader wrote:
> [no bug opened yet]
>
> SRU justification:
>
> Impact: Selection on a UTF-8 console can lead to memory corruption. This
> fix came down throuch 2.6.27.15 but I think it is simple ad important
> enough to add to Hardy as a SRU.
>
> Fix: Change memory calculation to add the additional character before
> multiplying.
>
> Testcase: When memory redzones are enabled, a redzone corruption is
> reported.
> When they are not enabled, trashing of random memory occurs.
>
ACK - It would be nice to be able to display a failure scenario. but
bugs of this type are quite subtle and random.
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Tim Gardner tim.gardner at canonical.com
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