RE: [PATCH v2] ACPI: scan: Fix a Hyper-V Linux VM panic caused by buffer overflow

From: Dexuan Cui
Date: Fri Jan 08 2021 - 22:11:04 EST


> From: Dexuan Cui <decui@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, January 7, 2021 11:24 PM
> ...
> Linux VM on Hyper-V crashes with the latest mainline:
> ...
>
> Changes in v2:
> strlcpy -> kstrdup_const. Thanks Rafael J. Wysocki!
> Change commit log accordingly.

Hi Rafael, Len, and all,
Can you please take a look at the v2 patch?

The Linux mainline has been broken for several weeks when it
runs as a guest on Hyper-V, so we'd like this to be fixed ASAP,
as more people are being affected, e.g.
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=210449

Thanks,
-- Dexuan