linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 1/3] arm64: fix syscall_fn

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Date:   Fri,  3 May 2019 12:12:23 -0700
From:   Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@...gle.com>
To:     Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
        Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>
Cc:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@...gle.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 1/3] arm64: fix syscall_fn_t type

Syscall wrappers in <asm/syscall_wrapper.h> use const struct pt_regs *
as the argument type. Use const in syscall_fn_t as well to fix indirect
call type mismatches with Control-Flow Integrity checking.

Signed-off-by: Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@...gle.com>
Reviewed-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>
---
 arch/arm64/include/asm/syscall.h | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/syscall.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/syscall.h
index a179df3674a1a..6206ab9bfcfc5 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/syscall.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/syscall.h
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 #include <linux/compat.h>
 #include <linux/err.h>
 
-typedef long (*syscall_fn_t)(struct pt_regs *regs);
+typedef long (*syscall_fn_t)(const struct pt_regs *regs);
 
 extern const syscall_fn_t sys_call_table[];
 
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