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[Xen-changelog] [xen staging-4.6] cmdline: fix parse_boolean() for NULL incoming end pointer



commit 1fa0ecbb949d62d834d878702a33373571710ce8
Author:     Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Mon Jul 30 14:16:15 2018 +0200
Commit:     Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Mon Jul 30 14:16:15 2018 +0200

    cmdline: fix parse_boolean() for NULL incoming end pointer
    
    Use the calculated lengths instead of pointers, as 'e' being NULL will
    otherwise cause undue parsing failures.
    
    Reported-by: Karl Johnson <karljohnson.it@xxxxxxxxx>
    Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
    Acked-by: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 xen/common/kernel.c | 7 ++++---
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/xen/common/kernel.c b/xen/common/kernel.c
index 7c01bf22c5..0f5e41716f 100644
--- a/xen/common/kernel.c
+++ b/xen/common/kernel.c
@@ -195,10 +195,11 @@ int parse_boolean(const char *name, const char *s, const 
char *e)
         char buf[8];
 
         s += nlen + 1;
-        if ( e <= s || e - s >= ARRAY_SIZE(buf) )
+        slen -= nlen + 1;
+        if ( slen >= ARRAY_SIZE(buf) )
             return -1;
-        memcpy(buf, s, e - s);
-        buf[e - s] = 0;
+        memcpy(buf, s, slen);
+        buf[slen] = 0;
         return parse_bool(buf);
     }
 
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