linux-kernel - [PATCH] fix logic error in ipc compat semctl()

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Date:	Fri, 29 Jun 2007 18:46:28 +0200
From:	Alexander Graf <agraf@...e.de>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Subject: [PATCH] fix logic error in ipc compat semctl()

Hi,

when calling a semctl(IPC_STAT) without IPC_64 the check if the memory
is unevaluated. This patch fixes this.

Signed-off-by: Alexander Graf <agraf@...e.de>

Index: linux/ipc/compat.c
===================================================================
--- linux.orig/ipc/compat.c
+++ linux/ipc/compat.c
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ static inline int put_compat_semid_ds(st
        int err;
 
        if (!access_ok (VERIFY_WRITE, up, sizeof(*up)))
-               err = -EFAULT;
+               return -EFAULT;
        err  = __put_compat_ipc_perm(&s->sem_perm, &up->sem_perm);
        err |= __put_user(s->sem_otime, &up->sem_otime);
        err |= __put_user(s->sem_ctime, &up->sem_ctime);

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