Re: AUDIT of 2.5.15 copy_to/from_user

Stephen Rothwell (sfr@canb.auug.org.au)
Sun, 19 May 2002 22:10:36 +1000


On Sun, 19 May 2002 12:44:30 +0100 (BST) Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> wrote:
>
> > arch/ia64/kernel/signal.c:147: return __copy_to_user(to, from, sizeof(siginfo_t));
>
> Not a bug

Actually a bug as sys_ptrace on ia64 assumes that copy_siginfo_to_user
returns 0 or -Esomething.

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Stephen Rothwell                    sfr@canb.auug.org.au
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