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-rw-r--r--drivers/base/driver.c6
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/base/driver.c b/drivers/base/driver.c
index 15a75afe6b84..676b6275d5b5 100644
--- a/drivers/base/driver.c
+++ b/drivers/base/driver.c
@@ -63,6 +63,12 @@ int driver_set_override(struct device *dev, const char **override,
if (len >= (PAGE_SIZE - 1))
return -EINVAL;
+ /*
+ * Compute the real length of the string in case userspace sends us a
+ * bunch of \0 characters like python likes to do.
+ */
+ len = strlen(s);
+
if (!len) {
/* Empty string passed - clear override */
device_lock(dev);