On Mon, 05 Dec 2011 09:52:17 PST, tip-bot for Ludwig Nussel said: > Commit-ID: 9af0c7a6fa860698d080481f24a342ba74b68982 > Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/9af0c7a6fa860698d080481f24a342ba74b68982 > Author: Ludwig Nussel <ludwig.nussel@xxxxxxx> > AuthorDate: Tue, 15 Nov 2011 14:46:46 -0800 > Committer: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx> > CommitDate: Mon, 5 Dec 2011 17:07:23 +0100 > > x86: Fix mmap random address range > > On x86_32 casting the unsigned int result of get_random_int() to > long may result in a negative value. On x86_32 the range of > mmap_rnd() therefore was -255 to 255. The 32bit mode on x86_64 > used 0 to 255 as intended. Will somebody please hand me a big dose of caffeine and explain to me how the range could have been -255 to 255? -256 maybe, or -128 to 127, but -255??!?
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