Sami Kerola
b2c08d1d41
sysctl: avoid crash when -p file has unexpected input
Commit e01765d30b7c4767868d5379fbfb36d1dc15eba4 added is_deprecated(), which crashed when user had input without without /proc/sys/ subdirectory. The below should illustrate how exactly the bug got to be trickered. $ cat ~/foo cause = crash $ ./sysctl -p ~/foo Segmentation fault Signed-off-by: Sami Kerola <kerolasa@iki.fi>
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COMPATIBILITY This code is intended for use with Linux 2.6.xx, 3.x and hopefully all future kernels. INSTALLATION If you are using git version of the project you need extra step. ./autogen.sh After that, and everyone using .tar.xz version of procps-ng, can do normal build. Read './configure --help' to select options for your needs. ./configure make make install If you have DejaGNU installed you can run optional test suite. make check HOW TO CONTRIBUTE See Documentation/BUGS file. PACKAGING If you are a downstream maintainer (packager) for a Linux distribution, please avoid causing troubles. This section applies to you. Avoid maintaining distribution specific patches. Send your patches to upstream, where they are at least reviewed, if not included. Please forward bug reports. If your bug database is public and busy enough to bother with, please make this known. Follow Debian's lead in making the bug database easy to comment on via email without need for an account. For normal packages, ensure that you do not add debugging flags to the CFLAGS variable. UPSTREAM & BUG REPORTS procps-ng <procps@freelists.org>
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Command line and full screen utilities for browsing procfs, a "pseudo" file system dynamically generated by Linux to provide information about the status of entries in its process table.
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