Re: [PATCH v2 0/2] fix parsing of reboot= cmdline

[Greg KH]

On Tue, Oct 27, 2020 at 02:35:43PM +0100, Matteo Croce wrote:
> From: Matteo Croce <mcroce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> The parsing of the reboot= cmdline has two major errors:
> - a missing bound check can crash the system on reboot
> - parsing of the cpu number only works if specified last
> 
> Fix both, along with a small code refactor.
> 
> v1->v2:
> As Petr suggested, don't force base 10 in simple_strtoul(),
> so hex values are accepted as well.
> 
> Matteo Croce (2):
>   reboot: fix overflow parsing reboot cpu number
>   reboot: fix parsing of reboot cpu number
> 
>  kernel/reboot.c | 24 +++++++++++++-----------
>  1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
> 
> -- 
> 2.28.0
> 

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This is not the correct way to submit patches for inclusion in the
stable kernel tree.  Please read:
    https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/stable-kernel-rules.html
for how to do this properly.

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