linux-kernel - [PATCH 0/2] exec: more excessive argument size fixes for 2.6.37/stable

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Date:	Tue, 30 Nov 2010 20:54:56 +0100
From:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
To:	KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, linux-mm <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	pageexec@...email.hu, Solar Designer <solar@...nwall.com>,
	Eugene Teo <eteo@...hat.com>,
	Brad Spengler <spender@...ecurity.net>,
	Roland McGrath <roland@...hat.com>, stable@...nel.org
Subject: [PATCH 0/2] exec: more excessive argument size fixes for
	2.6.37/stable

On 11/29, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
>
> I was going to export get_arg_page/acct_arg_size, but it is so
> ugly.

But I think this is the only option for 2.6.37/stable.

So. I am sending 2 patches, hopefully they fix the problems
and there are simple enough for 2.6.27/stable.

> I'll try to find the way to unify copy_strings and
> compat_copy_strings, not sure it is possible to do cleanly.

I'll send the cleanups which unify compat/non-compat code on
top of these fixes, this is not stable material.

Oleg.

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