linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/2] Fatal signal handing within uaccess faults

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Date:   Tue, 11 Jul 2017 08:04:50 -0700
From:   Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>
To:     Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>
Cc:     linux-arm-kerne@...ts.infradead.org,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-arch <linux-arch@...r.kernel.org>,
        Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
        James Morse <james.morse@....com>,
        Laura Abbott <labbott@...hat.com>,
        Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
        stable <stable@...r.kernel.org>, steve.capper@....com,
        Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>,
        Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] Fatal signal handing within uaccess faults

On Tue, Jul 11, 2017 at 7:16 AM, Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Arch maintainer tl;dr: most arch fault code doesn't handle fatal signals
> correctly, allowing unprivileged users to create an unkillable task which can
> lock up the system. Please check whether your arch is affected.

I haven't tested for real, but brief inspection of the code suggests
that x86 is okay.

--Andy