Re: [PATCH next] ACPI: APEI: EINJ: prevent memory corruption in error_type_set()

From: Ira Weiny
Date: Wed Jun 25 2025 - 17:20:06 EST


Dan Carpenter wrote:
> The "einj_buf" buffer is 32 chars. If "count" is larger than that it
> results in memory corruption. Cap it at 31 so that we leave the last
> character as a NUL terminator. By the way, the highest reasonable value
> for "count" is 24.
>
> Fixes: 0c6176e1e186 ("ACPI: APEI: EINJ: Enable the discovery of EINJv2 capabilities")
> Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@xxxxxxxxx>

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