linux-kernel - [PATCH 4.2 099/110] um: Fix kernel mode fault condition

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Date:	Fri,  6 Nov 2015 11:19:46 -0800
From:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	stable@...r.kernel.org, Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>
Subject: [PATCH 4.2 099/110] um: Fix kernel mode fault condition

4.2-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

------------------

From: Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>

commit 56b88a3bf97a39d3f4f010509917b76a865a6dc8 upstream.

We have to exclude memory locations <= PAGE_SIZE from
the condition and let the kernel mode fault path catch it.
Otherwise a kernel NULL pointer exception will be reported
as a kernel user space access.

Fixes: d2313084e2c (um: Catch unprotected user memory access)
Signed-off-by: Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>

---
 arch/um/kernel/trap.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/arch/um/kernel/trap.c
+++ b/arch/um/kernel/trap.c
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ unsigned long segv(struct faultinfo fi,
 		show_regs(container_of(regs, struct pt_regs, regs));
 		panic("Segfault with no mm");
 	}
-	else if (!is_user && address < TASK_SIZE) {
+	else if (!is_user && address > PAGE_SIZE && address < TASK_SIZE) {
 		show_regs(container_of(regs, struct pt_regs, regs));
 		panic("Kernel tried to access user memory at addr 0x%lx, ip 0x%lx",
 		       address, ip);


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