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Date:      Fri, 4 Jan 2013 12:33:54 +0100
From:      Mateusz Guzik <mjguzik@gmail.com>
To:        David Xu <davidxu@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        svn-src-head@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r245036 - head/sys/kern
Message-ID:  <20130104113354.GB26239@dft-labs.eu>
In-Reply-To: <201301041111.r04BBDjZ013380@svn.freebsd.org>
References:  <201301041111.r04BBDjZ013380@svn.freebsd.org>

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On Fri, Jan 04, 2013 at 11:11:13AM +0000, David Xu wrote:
> Author: davidxu
> Date: Fri Jan  4 11:11:12 2013
> New Revision: 245036
> URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/245036
> 
> Log:
>   Revert revision 244760 because strncpy pads trailing space with zero,
>   this prevents kernel data from being leaked.
>   

I think it would be better to teach strlcpy to zero-pad as well.

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Mateusz Guzik <mjguzik gmail.com>



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