linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 16/20] signal/sparc32: In setup_rt_frame and setup_fram use force_fatal

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Date:   Thu, 21 Oct 2021 09:34:58 -0700
From:   Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To:     "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arch@...r.kernel.org,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>,
        Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, sparclinux@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 16/20] signal/sparc32: In setup_rt_frame and setup_fram
 use force_fatal_sig

On Wed, Oct 20, 2021 at 12:44:02PM -0500, Eric W. Biederman wrote:
> Modify the 32bit version of setup_rt_frame and setup_frame to act
> similar to the 64bit version of setup_rt_frame and fail with a signal
> instead of calling do_exit.
> 
> Replacing do_exit(SIGILL) with force_fatal_signal(SIGILL) ensures that
> the process will be terminated cleanly when the stack frame is
> invalid, instead of just killing off a single thread and leaving the
> process is a weird state.
> 
> Cc: David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
> Cc: sparclinux@...r.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@...ssion.com>

Nicely already had the return path written. :)

Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>

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Kees Cook