3.2.84-rc1 review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
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From: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
commit 2561d309dfd1555e781484af757ed0115035ddb3 upstream.
it should clear the destination even when access_ok() fails.
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
[bwh: Backported to 3.2: adjust context]
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/alpha/include/asm/uaccess.h | 19 ++++++++-----------
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
--- a/arch/alpha/include/asm/uaccess.h
+++ b/arch/alpha/include/asm/uaccess.h
@@ -371,14 +371,6 @@ __copy_tofrom_user_nocheck(void *to, con
return __cu_len;
}
-extern inline long
-__copy_tofrom_user(void *to, const void *from, long len, const void __user *validate)
-{
- if (__access_ok((unsigned long)validate, len, get_fs()))
- len = __copy_tofrom_user_nocheck(to, from, len);
- return len;
-}
-
#define __copy_to_user(to,from,n) \
({ \
__chk_user_ptr(to); \
@@ -393,17 +385,22 @@ __copy_tofrom_user(void *to, const void
#define __copy_to_user_inatomic __copy_to_user
#define __copy_from_user_inatomic __copy_from_user
-
extern inline long
copy_to_user(void __user *to, const void *from, long n)
{
- return __copy_tofrom_user((__force void *)to, from, n, to);
+ if (likely(__access_ok((unsigned long)to, n, get_fs())))
+ n = __copy_tofrom_user_nocheck((__force void *)to, from, n);
+ return n;
}
extern inline long
copy_from_user(void *to, const void __user *from, long n)
{
- return __copy_tofrom_user(to, (__force void *)from, n, from);
+ if (likely(__access_ok((unsigned long)from, n, get_fs())))
+ n = __copy_tofrom_user_nocheck(to, (__force void *)from, n);
+ else
+ memset(to, 0, n);
+ return n;
}
extern void __do_clear_user(void);
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