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Currently, when an input line starts with '#', (line + 2) is passed to memcmp() without checking line[1]. It means that line[1] can be any arbitrary character. For example, "#KCONFIG_FOO is not set" is accepted as valid input, functioning the same as "# CONFIG_FOO is not set". More importantly, this can potentially lead to a buffer overrun if line[1] == '\0'. It occurs if the input only contains '#', as (line + 2) points to an uninitialized buffer. Check line[1], and skip the line if it is not a space. Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.