linux-kernel - [PATCH 2.6.25-stable] x86_64 ptrace: fix sys32_ptrace task

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Date:	Fri, 27 Jun 2008 13:48:29 -0700 (PDT)
From:	Roland McGrath <roland@...hat.com>
To:	stable@...nel.org
Cc:	Jeff Dike <jdike@...toit.com>,
	Joris van Rantwijk <jorispubl@...all.nl>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi>,
	Thorsten Knabe <linux@...rsten-knabe.de>
Subject: [PATCH 2.6.25-stable] x86_64 ptrace: fix sys32_ptrace task_struct leak

Commit 5a4646a4efed8c835f76c3b88f3155f6ab5b8d9b introduced a leak of
task_struct refs into sys32_ptrace.  This bug has already gone away in
for 2.6.26 in commit 562b80bafffaf42a6d916b0a2ee3d684220a1c10.

Signed-off-by: Roland McGrath <roland@...hat.com>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c |   45 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------------
 1 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c b/arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c
index 9003e0b..a10ba65 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -1309,42 +1309,49 @@ asmlinkage long sys32_ptrace(long request, u32 pid, u32 addr, u32 data)
 		break;
 
 	case PTRACE_GETREGS:	/* Get all gp regs from the child. */
-		return copy_regset_to_user(child, &user_x86_32_view,
-					   REGSET_GENERAL,
-					   0, sizeof(struct user_regs_struct32),
-					   datap);
+		ret = copy_regset_to_user(child, &user_x86_32_view,
+					  REGSET_GENERAL,
+					  0, sizeof(struct user_regs_struct32),
+					  datap);
+		break;
 
 	case PTRACE_SETREGS:	/* Set all gp regs in the child. */
-		return copy_regset_from_user(child, &user_x86_32_view,
-					     REGSET_GENERAL, 0,
-					     sizeof(struct user_regs_struct32),
-					     datap);
+		ret = copy_regset_from_user(child, &user_x86_32_view,
+					    REGSET_GENERAL, 0,
+					    sizeof(struct user_regs_struct32),
+					    datap);
+		break;
 
 	case PTRACE_GETFPREGS:	/* Get the child FPU state. */
-		return copy_regset_to_user(child, &user_x86_32_view,
-					   REGSET_FP, 0,
-					   sizeof(struct user_i387_ia32_struct),
-					   datap);
+		ret = copy_regset_to_user(child, &user_x86_32_view,
+					  REGSET_FP, 0,
+					  sizeof(struct user_i387_ia32_struct),
+					  datap);
+		break;
 
 	case PTRACE_SETFPREGS:	/* Set the child FPU state. */
-		return copy_regset_from_user(
+		ret = copy_regset_from_user(
 			child, &user_x86_32_view, REGSET_FP,
 			0, sizeof(struct user_i387_ia32_struct), datap);
+		break;
 
 	case PTRACE_GETFPXREGS:	/* Get the child extended FPU state. */
-		return copy_regset_to_user(child, &user_x86_32_view,
-					   REGSET_XFP, 0,
-					   sizeof(struct user32_fxsr_struct),
-					   datap);
+		ret = copy_regset_to_user(child, &user_x86_32_view,
+					  REGSET_XFP, 0,
+					  sizeof(struct user32_fxsr_struct),
+					  datap);
+		break;
 
 	case PTRACE_SETFPXREGS:	/* Set the child extended FPU state. */
-		return copy_regset_from_user(child, &user_x86_32_view,
+		ret = copy_regset_from_user(child, &user_x86_32_view,
 					     REGSET_XFP, 0,
 					     sizeof(struct user32_fxsr_struct),
 					     datap);
+		break;
 
 	default:
-		return compat_ptrace_request(child, request, addr, data);
+		ret = compat_ptrace_request(child, request, addr, data);
+		break;
 	}
 
  out:
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