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From: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: torvalds@osdl.org, akpm@osdl.org
Subject: [PATCH]: Fix get_compat_sigevent()
Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2005 22:44:09 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20050404224409.1a34e732.davem@davemloft.net> (raw)


I have no idea how a bug like this lasted so long.
Anyways, obvious memset()'ing of incorrect pointer.

Please apply, thanks.

Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

===== kernel/compat.c 1.46 vs edited =====
--- 1.46/kernel/compat.c	2005-03-13 15:29:47 -08:00
+++ edited/kernel/compat.c	2005-04-04 22:36:13 -07:00
@@ -640,7 +640,7 @@
 int get_compat_sigevent(struct sigevent *event,
 		const struct compat_sigevent __user *u_event)
 {
-	memset(&event, 0, sizeof(*event));
+	memset(event, 0, sizeof(*event));
 	return (!access_ok(VERIFY_READ, u_event, sizeof(*u_event)) ||
 		__get_user(event->sigev_value.sival_int,
 			&u_event->sigev_value.sival_int) ||

             reply	other threads:[~2005-04-05  5:45 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2005-04-05  5:44 David S. Miller [this message]
2005-04-05  7:37 ` Stephen Rothwell
2005-04-05  7:43   ` David S. Miller

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