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| author |   Jan Beulich <JBeulich@suse.com> | 2013-10-21 09:44:37 +0100 |
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| committer |   Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> | 2013-10-26 12:27:37 +0200 |
| commit | 7a3d9b0f3abbea957b829cdfff8169872c575642 (patch) | |
| tree | 905bb8d2f62b5bee5b1523ed6dff08dc81551763 /tools/perf/scripts/python/export-to-postgresql.py | |
| parent | x86: Unify copy_from_user() size checking (diff) | |
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x86: Unify copy_to_user() and add size checking to it
Similarly to copy_from_user(), where the range check is to
protect against kernel memory corruption, copy_to_user() can
benefit from such checking too: Here it protects against kernel
information leaks.
Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@suse.com>
Cc: <arjan@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/5265059502000078000FC4F6@nat28.tlf.novell.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Cc: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com>
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