The patch titled
Subject: drivers/hid/uhid.c: check write() bitness using in_compat_syscall
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
uhid-check-write-bitness-using-in_compat_syscall.patch
This patch should soon appear at
http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/uhid-check-write-bitness-using-in_compat_syscall.patch
and later at
http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/uhid-check-write-bitness-using-in_compat_syscall.patch
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From: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: drivers/hid/uhid.c: check write() bitness using in_compat_syscall
uhid changes the format expected in write() depending on bitness.
It should check the syscall bitness directly.
Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: David Herrmann <dh.herrmann@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jiri Kosina <jikos@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/hid/uhid.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff -puN drivers/hid/uhid.c~uhid-check-write-bitness-using-in_compat_syscall drivers/hid/uhid.c
--- a/drivers/hid/uhid.c~uhid-check-write-bitness-using-in_compat_syscall
+++ a/drivers/hid/uhid.c
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ struct uhid_create_req_compat {
static int uhid_event_from_user(const char __user *buffer, size_t len,
struct uhid_event *event)
{
- if (is_compat_task()) {
+ if (in_compat_syscall()) {
u32 type;
if (get_user(type, buffer))
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from luto@xxxxxxxxxx are
compat-add-in_compat_syscall-to-ask-whether-were-in-a-compat-syscall.patch
sparc-compat-provide-an-accurate-in_compat_syscall-implementation.patch
sparc-syscall-fix-syscall_get_arch.patch
seccomp-check-in_compat_syscall-not-is_compat_task-in-strict-mode.patch
ptrace-in-peek_siginfo-check-syscall-bitness-not-task-bitness.patch
auditsc-for-seccomp-events-log-syscall-compat-state-using-in_compat_syscall.patch
staging-lustre-switch-from-is_compat_task-to-in_compat_syscall.patch
ext4-in-ext4_dir_llseek-check-syscall-bitness-directly.patch
net-sctp-use-in_compat_syscall-for-sctp_getsockopt_connectx3.patch
net-xfrm_user-use-in_compat_syscall-to-deny-compat-syscalls.patch
firewire-use-in_compat_syscall-to-check-ioctl-compatness.patch
efivars-use-in_compat_syscall-to-check-for-compat-callers.patch
amdkfd-use-in_compat_syscall-to-check-open-caller-type.patch
input-redefine-input_compat_test-as-in_compat_syscall.patch
uhid-check-write-bitness-using-in_compat_syscall.patch
x86-compat-remove-is_compat_task.patch
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