linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] um: Fix pointer cast

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Tue, 22 Dec 2015 22:23:40 +0100
From:	Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>
To:	Mickaël Salaün <mic@...ikod.net>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Jeff Dike <jdike@...toit.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	user-mode-linux-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH] um: Fix pointer cast

Am 22.12.2015 um 21:44 schrieb Mickaël Salaün:
> Fix a pointer cast typo introduced in v4.4-rc5 especially visible for
> the i386 subarchitecture where it results in a kernel crash.
> 
> Fixes: 8090bfd2bb9a ("um: Fix fpstate handling")
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mickaël Salaün <mic@...ikod.net>
> Cc: Jeff Dike <jdike@...toit.com>
> Cc: Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>
> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
> ---
>  arch/x86/um/signal.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/um/signal.c b/arch/x86/um/signal.c
> index e5f854ce2d72..cbb541b80358 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/um/signal.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/um/signal.c
> @@ -470,7 +470,7 @@ long sys_sigreturn(void)
>  	struct sigcontext __user *sc = &frame->sc;
>  	int sig_size = (_NSIG_WORDS - 1) * sizeof(unsigned long);
>  
> -	if (copy_from_user(&set.sig[0], (void *)sc->oldmask, sizeof(set.sig[0])) ||
> +	if (copy_from_user(&set.sig[0], (void *)&sc->oldmask, sizeof(set.sig[0])) ||
>  	    copy_from_user(&set.sig[1], frame->extramask, sig_size))
>  		goto segfault;

o_O, thanks for catching this!

Thanks,
//richard
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/