[PATCH] sysctl: fix sizeof argument to match variable name

From: Randy Dunlap
Date: Sat Mar 24 2018 - 16:25:28 EST


From: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Fix sizeof argument to be the same as the data variable name.
Probably a copy/paste error.
Mostly harmless since both variables are unsigned int.

Fixes kernel bugzilla #197371:
Possible access to unintended variable in "kernel/sysctl.c" line 1339
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=197371

Reported-by: Petru Mihancea <petrum@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/sysctl.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- lnx-416-rc6.orig/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ lnx-416-rc6/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -1329,7 +1329,7 @@ static struct ctl_table vm_table[] = {
{
.procname = "dirtytime_expire_seconds",
.data = &dirtytime_expire_interval,
- .maxlen = sizeof(dirty_expire_interval),
+ .maxlen = sizeof(dirtytime_expire_interval),
.mode = 0644,
.proc_handler = dirtytime_interval_handler,
.extra1 = &zero,