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Using strscpy() meant that the final character in task->comm may be non-NUL for a moment before the "string too long" truncation happens. Instead of adding a new use of the ambiguous strncpy(), we'd want to use memtostr_pad() which enforces being able to check at compile time that sizes are sensible, but this requires being able to see string buffer lengths. Instead of trying to inline __set_task_comm() (which needs to call trace and perf functions), just open-code it. But to make sure we're always safe, add compile-time checking like we already do for get_task_comm(). Suggested-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Suggested-by: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <kees@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 reStructuredText 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.