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

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On Tue, Jul 11, 2017 at 7:16 AM, Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@xxxxxxx> 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



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