linux-kernel - [PATCH 3/4] x86: ptrace: do not sign-extend orig

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

Date:	Tue, 22 Sep 2009 23:20:45 -0700 (PDT)
From:	Roland McGrath <roland@...hat.com>
To:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	jan.kratochvil@...hat.com, Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>,
	x86@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: [PATCH 3/4] x86: ptrace: do not sign-extend orig_ax on write

The high 32 bits of orig_ax will be ignored when it matters,
so don't fiddle them when setting it.

Signed-off-by: Roland McGrath <roland@...hat.com>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c |   19 +------------------
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c b/arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c
index 8d7d5c9..52222fa 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -325,16 +325,6 @@ static int putreg(struct task_struct *child,
 		return set_flags(child, value);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
-	/*
-	 * Orig_ax is really just a flag with small positive and
-	 * negative values, so make sure to always sign-extend it
-	 * from 32 bits so that it works correctly regardless of
-	 * whether we come from a 32-bit environment or not.
-	 */
-	case offsetof(struct user_regs_struct, orig_ax):
-		value = (long) (s32) value;
-		break;
-
 	case offsetof(struct user_regs_struct,fs_base):
 		if (value >= TASK_SIZE_OF(child))
 			return -EIO;
@@ -1121,17 +1111,10 @@ static int putreg32(struct task_struct *child, unsigned regno, u32 value)
 	R32(esi, si);
 	R32(ebp, bp);
 	R32(eax, ax);
+	R32(orig_eax, orig_ax);
 	R32(eip, ip);
 	R32(esp, sp);
 
-	case offsetof(struct user32, regs.orig_eax):
-		/*
-		 * Sign-extend the value so that orig_eax = -1
-		 * causes (long)orig_ax < 0 tests to fire correctly.
-		 */
-		regs->orig_ax = (long) (s32) value;
-		break;
-
 	case offsetof(struct user32, regs.eflags):
 		return set_flags(child, value);
 
--
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/