metag/ptrace: Reject partial NT_METAG_RPIPE writes
authorDave Martin <Dave.Martin@arm.com>
Mon, 27 Mar 2017 14:10:57 +0000 (15:10 +0100)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Wed, 29 Mar 2017 15:54:17 +0000 (08:54 -0700)
It's not clear what behaviour is sensible when doing partial write of
NT_METAG_RPIPE, so just don't bother.

This patch assumes that userspace will never rely on a partial SETREGSET
in this case, since it's not clear what should happen anyway.

Signed-off-by: Dave Martin <Dave.Martin@arm.com>
Acked-by: James Hogan <james.hogan@imgtec.com>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
arch/metag/kernel/ptrace.c

index 2e4dfc1..5e2dc7d 100644 (file)
@@ -253,6 +253,8 @@ int metag_rp_state_copyin(struct pt_regs *regs,
        unsigned long long *ptr;
        int ret, i;
 
+       if (count < 4*13)
+               return -EINVAL;
        /* Read the entire pipeline before making any changes */
        ret = user_regset_copyin(&pos, &count, &kbuf, &ubuf,
                                 &rp, 0, 4*13);