netdev - Re: [PATCH] select: fix sys_select to not leak ERESTARTNOHAND to userspace

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Date:	Tue, 23 Jan 2007 13:55:08 -0500
From:	Neil Horman <nhorman@...driver.com>
To:	Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>
Cc:	akpm@...l.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] select: fix sys_select to not leak ERESTARTNOHAND to userspace

On Tue, Jan 23, 2007 at 10:02:49AM +1100, Andi Kleen wrote:
> On Tuesday 23 January 2007 00:00, Neil Horman wrote:
> > As it is currently written, sys_select checks its return code to convert
> > ERESTARTNOHAND to EINTR.  However, the check is within an if (tvp) clause,
> > and so if select is called from userspace with a NULL timeval, then it is
> > possible for the ERESTARTNOHAND errno to leak into userspace, which is
> > incorrect.  This patch moves that check outside of the conditional, and
> > prevents the errno leak.
> 
> 
> Patch looks good to me.
> 
> -Andi
Thanks for the response, but there is some question as to this patchs validity.
I'm waiting on a reproducer to try and veryify the problem.

Neil

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