Re: [PATCH][ATM] use rtnl_{lock,unlock} during device operations (take 2)

chas williams (chas@cmf.nrl.navy.mil)
Sat, 07 Jun 2003 07:10:58 -0400

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In message <20030606201906.F3232@almesberger.net>,Werner Almesberger writes:
>It could probably be used to leverage other security holes in
>atmsigd. (Not that I'm aware of any, but I'd be surprised if
>there were none.)

well various bits of the atm library used to use vsprintf. we changed
this to vsnprintf just to avoid trouble. i couldnt see how it might be
possible for someone to send a call setup that would overflow the debug
format buffer but better safe than sorry.
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