On Thu, Apr 05, 2018 at 09:19:28AM +0200, Lars-Peter Clausen wrote: > On 04/05/2018 08:31 AM, Kees Cook wrote: > > On Wed, Apr 4, 2018 at 3:31 AM, Greg KH <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> Lars-Peter Clausen (2): > >> usb: gadget: ffs: Execute copy_to_user() with USER_DS set > > > > https://git.kernel.org/linus/4058ebf33cb0be88ca516f968eda24ab7b6b93e4 > > > > Isn't there a better way to do this without the set_fs() usage? We've > > been try to eliminate it in the kernel. I thought there was a safer > > way to use iters now? > > The problem is use_mm(). It needs to be accompanied with set_fs(DS_USER) to > work reliably. This has simply been missing for this particular instance of > use_mm(). To me it seems like use_mm() should do set_fs(USER_DS) and unuse_mm() should do set_fs(KERNEL_DS) to get drivers outo of this mess. I'll see if I can come up with patches for the next merge window. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-usb" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
