linux-kernel - [PATCH 07/10] binfmt_flat: use clear_user() rather than memset() to clear .bss

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Date:	Tue, 12 Jul 2016 17:27:39 -0400
From:	Nicolas Pitre <nicolas.pitre@...aro.org>
To:	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
	Greg Ungerer <gerg@...ux-m68k.org>
Subject: [PATCH  07/10] binfmt_flat: use clear_user() rather than memset() to clear .bss

This is needed on systems with a MMU.

Signed-off-by: Nicolas Pitre <nico@...aro.org>
---
 fs/binfmt_flat.c | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/binfmt_flat.c b/fs/binfmt_flat.c
index c85f8f1239..e981e66bb5 100644
--- a/fs/binfmt_flat.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_flat.c
@@ -803,10 +803,11 @@ static int load_flat_file(struct linux_binprm * bprm,
 	flush_icache_range(start_code, end_code);
 
 	/* zero the BSS,  BRK and stack areas */
-	memset((void*)(datapos + data_len), 0, bss_len + 
+	if (clear_user((void __user *)(datapos + data_len), bss_len + 
 			(memp + memp_size - stack_len -		/* end brk */
 			libinfo->lib_list[id].start_brk) +	/* start brk */
-			stack_len);
+			stack_len))
+		return -EFAULT;
 
 	return 0;
 err:
-- 
2.7.4