linux-kernel - Re: bug in generic strncpy_from

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Date:	Wed, 27 Feb 2013 12:15:02 +0100
From:	Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@...ibm.com>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Gerald Schaefer <gerald.schaefer@...ibm.com>,
	Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@...ibm.com>
Subject: Re: bug in generic strncpy_from_user

On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 04:30:50PM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 3:43 PM, Linus Torvalds
> <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:
> >
> > So I'll need to extend on that logic a bit more.
> 
> Ok, here's the fleshed-out patch. Also fixed to use "expand_stack()",
> which is what the page fault handling actually uses. And it has the
> GROWSUP case as well as a comment about this all.
> 
> So it all looks good. But it's still totally and entirely untested.

Tested with 64 bit kernel with 64 bit and 31 bit mode user space as well as
with 31 bit kernel and 31 bit user space. Each with legacy and flexible
mmap layout.
The bug is fixed and everything else still seems to work. Thanks!

Tested-By: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@...ibm.com>

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