linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3.19 v2 1/3] x86: Fix off-by-one in the instruction decoder length checks

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Date:	Mon, 12 Jan 2015 15:13:24 -0800
From:	Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>
To:	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>, x86@...nel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
CC:	Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@...achi.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3.19 v2 1/3] x86: Fix off-by-one in the instruction decoder
 length checks

On 01/12/2015 03:04 PM, Andy Lutomirski wrote:
> diff --git a/arch/x86/lib/insn.c b/arch/x86/lib/insn.c
> index 2480978b31cc..1313ae6b478b 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/lib/insn.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/lib/insn.c
> @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
>  
>  /* Verify next sizeof(t) bytes can be on the same instruction */
>  #define validate_next(t, insn, n)	\
> -	((insn)->next_byte + sizeof(t) + n < (insn)->end_kaddr)
> +	((insn)->next_byte + sizeof(t) + n <= (insn)->end_kaddr)
>  
>  #define __get_next(t, insn)	\
>  	({ t r = *(t*)insn->next_byte; insn->next_byte += sizeof(t); r; })

This issue should already be handled by this patch:

http://git.kernel.org/tip/0f363b250b15af0f218bb2876d101fe5cd413f8b
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