Re: Linux Kernel 2.2.13 shooting Solaris ADSM server

[Arjan van de Ven]

In article <[e-mail]> you wrote:
> adsm has a buffer overflow:
> "2.1.131" or "2.2.13" or any <= 7 char string as version number is ok.
> "2.1.131a" or "2.1.131aa" or "2.1.131-preX" or whatever kernel with
> 8 or more chars will crash the server.

> so, if you used some -pre kernel version, this should be it.
> edit Makefile and remove the extraversion.

Hmm. I think it might be a good idea to provide snprintf next to sprintf...
(Or even remove sprintf to make sure everyone uses the safe version)

If any of the kernel-gods wnat this, I'll make a patch for it in the comming
week.

Greetings,
   Arjan van de Ven