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authorDenys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com>2019-02-08 14:02:59 +0100
committerDenys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com>2019-02-08 14:02:59 +0100
commit317498f3b3335ee9b9944929ffae16f07e1ebd2d (patch)
treeab79d5cbe4cf135f3cec00bf9f3f6fce081a57db
parentdf4e3af9f716e0483bd02fd4ab3ad973ffe5b998 (diff)
downloadbusybox-317498f3b3335ee9b9944929ffae16f07e1ebd2d.tar.gz
sysctl: allow setting empty values
function old new delta sysctl_act_on_setting 451 445 -6 Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com>
-rw-r--r--procps/sysctl.c6
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/procps/sysctl.c b/procps/sysctl.c
index 5fa7646d1..42de374d2 100644
--- a/procps/sysctl.c
+++ b/procps/sysctl.c
@@ -119,14 +119,16 @@ static int sysctl_act_on_setting(char *setting)
if (cptr)
writing = 1;
if (writing) {
- if (cptr == NULL) {
+ if (!cptr) {
bb_error_msg("error: '%s' must be of the form name=value",
outname);
retval = EXIT_FAILURE;
goto end;
}
value = cptr + 1; /* point to the value in name=value */
- if (setting == cptr || !*value) {
+ if (setting == cptr /* "name" can't be empty */
+ /* || !*value - WRONG: "sysctl net.ipv4.ip_local_reserved_ports=" is a valid syntax (clears the value) */
+ ) {
bb_error_msg("error: malformed setting '%s'", outname);
retval = EXIT_FAILURE;
goto end;