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    Fix memory corruption in console selection · 878b8619
    Mikulas Patocka authored
    
    
    Fix an off-by-two memory error in console selection.
    
    The loop below goes from sel_start to sel_end (inclusive), so it writes
    one more character.  This one more character was added to the allocated
    size (+1), but it was not multiplied by an UTF-8 multiplier.
    
    This patch fixes a memory corruption when UTF-8 console is used and the
    user selects a few characters, all of them 3-byte in UTF-8 (for example
    a frame line).
    
    When memory redzones are enabled, a redzone corruption is reported.
    When they are not enabled, trashing of random memory occurs.
    
    Signed-off-by: default avatarMikulas Patocka <mpatocka@redhat.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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