The patch titled
Missing __user in pointer referenced within copy_from_user
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
missing-__user-in-pointer-referenced-within-copy_from_user.patch
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Subject: Missing __user in pointer referenced within copy_from_user
From: Glauber de Oliveira Costa <gcosta@xxxxxxxxxx>
Pointers to user data should be marked with a __user hint. This one is
missing.
Signed-off-by: Glauber de Oliveira Costa <gcosta@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/proc/base.c | 2 +-
1 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff -puN fs/proc/base.c~missing-__user-in-pointer-referenced-within-copy_from_user fs/proc/base.c
--- a/fs/proc/base.c~missing-__user-in-pointer-referenced-within-copy_from_user
+++ a/fs/proc/base.c
@@ -617,7 +617,7 @@ out_no_task:
#ifndef mem_write
/* This is a security hazard */
-static ssize_t mem_write(struct file * file, const char * buf,
+static ssize_t mem_write(struct file * file, const char __user *buf,
size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
{
int copied;
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from gcosta@xxxxxxxxxx are
missing-__user-in-pointer-referenced-within-copy_from_user.patch
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