linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/10] I386 sysenter arch pages fix.patch

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Mon, 09 Apr 2007 22:23:49 -0700
From:	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>
To:	Zachary Amsden <zach@...are.com>
CC:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>, Andi Kleen <ak@....de>,
	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>,
	Chris Wright <chrisw@...s-sol.org>,
	Virtualization Mailing List <virtualization@...ts.osdl.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/10] I386 sysenter arch pages fix.patch

Zachary Amsden wrote:
> In compat mode, the return value here was uninitialized.
>
> Signed-off-by: Zachary Amsden <zach@...are.com>
>
> diff -r 1fda49a076ed arch/i386/kernel/sysenter.c
> --- a/arch/i386/kernel/sysenter.c	Fri Apr 06 14:25:09 2007 -0700
> +++ b/arch/i386/kernel/sysenter.c	Fri Apr 06 14:27:31 2007 -0700
> @@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ int arch_setup_additional_pages(struct l
>  {
>  	struct mm_struct *mm = current->mm;
>  	unsigned long addr;
> -	int ret;
> +	int ret = 0;
>  	bool compat;
>  
>  	down_write(&mm->mmap_sem);
> -

Hm, OK, but what about just zeroing it in the compat leg of the if()?

    J
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/