Re: [PATCH 3/8] dm: prevent possible buffer overflow in ioctl interface

From: Roland Dreier (roland@topspin.com)
Date: Thu Feb 27 2003 - 11:25:25 EST

> + char *name = kmalloc(DM_NAME_LEN + strlen(DM_DIR) + 1);
> + if (!name) {
> + return -ENOMEM;
> + }

Also, kmalloc() needs a second "GFP_xxx" parameter (I guess GFP_KERNEL
in this case, although I don't know the context this function is
called from).

 - Roland

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