linux-kernel - [PATCH 01/10] ptrace: Use copy_siginfo in setsiginfo and getsiginfo

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Date:   Tue, 23 Jan 2018 15:07:10 -0600
From:   "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>, Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>,
        linux-arch@...r.kernel.org, Ram Pai <linuxram@...ibm.com>,
        "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
Subject: [PATCH 01/10] ptrace: Use copy_siginfo in setsiginfo and getsiginfo

Now that copy_siginfo copies all of the fields this is safe, safer (as
all of the bits are guaranteed to be copied), clearer, and less error
prone than using a structure copy.

Signed-off-by: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
---
 kernel/ptrace.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/ptrace.c b/kernel/ptrace.c
index ec4365da9be8..f3c82e26b995 100644
--- a/kernel/ptrace.c
+++ b/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -659,7 +659,7 @@ static int ptrace_getsiginfo(struct task_struct *child, siginfo_t *info)
 	if (lock_task_sighand(child, &flags)) {
 		error = -EINVAL;
 		if (likely(child->last_siginfo != NULL)) {
-			*info = *child->last_siginfo;
+			copy_siginfo(info, child->last_siginfo);
 			error = 0;
 		}
 		unlock_task_sighand(child, &flags);
@@ -675,7 +675,7 @@ static int ptrace_setsiginfo(struct task_struct *child, const siginfo_t *info)
 	if (lock_task_sighand(child, &flags)) {
 		error = -EINVAL;
 		if (likely(child->last_siginfo != NULL)) {
-			*child->last_siginfo = *info;
+			copy_siginfo(child->last_siginfo, info);
 			error = 0;
 		}
 		unlock_task_sighand(child, &flags);
-- 
2.14.1